Profira Sadoveanu
Profira Sadoveanu (May 21, 1906 – September 12, 2003) was a Romanian prose writer and poet.
Born in Fălticeni, her parents were novelist Mihail Sadoveanu and his wife Ecaterina ("née" Bâlu).
She attended Nicu Gane High School in her native town from 1917 to 1918, a private course prepared by her father and Oltea Doamna High School in Iași, graduating in 1925.
She studied at the philosophy section of the literature and philosophy faculty at Iași University from 1925 to 1929, but did not take her graduating examination.
She intended to study the dramatic arts in Paris, but did not obtain her father's consent.
Under the pen name Valer Donea, she published reportages in "Universul literar și artistic".
Her first novel was "Mormolocul" (1933), followed by "Naufragiații din Aukland" (1937).
Her fairly extensive output included books of interviews ("Domniile lor domnii și doamnele", 1937, republished in 1969 as "Stele și luceferi"), memoirs and volumes recalling Mihail Sadoveanu ("O zi cu Sadoveanu", 1955;
"Viața lui Mihail Sadoveanu", 1957, republished in 1966 as "Ostrovul zimbruluiÎn umbra stejarului", 1965; "Planeta părăsită", 1970), prose poems ("Ploi și ninsori", 1940), poems ("Somnul pietrei", 1971; "Cântecele lui Ștefan Vodă", 1974; "Flori de piatră", 1980; "Ora violetă", 1984) and children's verses ("Balaurul alb", 1955; "Ochelarii bunicii", 1969).
Strongly influenced by her father's literary style, she adopted his florid descriptions but infused her writing with a purely feminine sensibility.
Alone or in collaboration with her stepmother Valeria, she translated Anton Chekhov, Konstantin Ushinsky, Alexander Ostrovsky and Honoré de Balzac, and republished her father's books.
She died in Bucharest.
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Mihail Sadoveanu
Mihail Sadoveanu (occasionally referred to as Mihai Sadoveanu; November 5, 1880 – October 19, 1961) was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting head of state for the communist republic (1947–1948 and 1958).
One of the most prolific Romanian-language writers, he is remembered mostly for his historical and adventure novels, as well as for his nature writing.
An author whose career spanned five decades, Sadoveanu was an early associate of the traditionalist magazine "Sămănătorul", before becoming known as a Realist writer and an adherent to the Poporanist current represented by "Viața Românească" journal.
His books, critically acclaimed for their vision of age-old solitude and natural abundance, are generally set in the historical region of Moldavia, building on themes from Romania's medieval and early modern history.
Among them are "Neamul ȘoimăreștilorThe Șoimărești FamilyFrații JderiThe Jderi Brothers") and "Zodia CanceruluiUnder the Sign of the Crab").
With "Venea o moară pe Siret...
A Mill Was Floating down the Siret...
BaltagulThe Hatchet") and some other works of fiction
, Sadoveanu extends his fresco to contemporary history and adapts his style to the psychological novel, Naturalism and Social realism.
A traditionalist figure whose perspective on life was a combination of nationalism and Humanism
, Sadoveanu moved between right- and left-wing political forces throughout the interwar period, while serving terms in Parliament.
Rallying with People's Party, the National Agrarian Party, and the National Liberal Party-Brătianu, he was editor of the leftist newspapers "Adevărul" and "Dimineața", and was the target of a violent far right press campaign.
After World War II, Sadoveanu became a political associate of the Romanian Communist Party.
He wrote in favor of the Soviet Union and Stalinism, joined the Society for Friendship with the Soviet Union and adopted Socialist realism.
Many of his texts and speeches, including the political novel "Mitrea Cocor" and the famous slogan "
Lumina vine de la RăsăritThe Light Arises in the East"), are also viewed as propaganda in favor of communization.
A founding member of the Romanian Writers' Society and later President of the Romanian Writers' Union, Sadoveanu was also a member of the Romanian Academy since 1921 and a recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize for 1961.
He was also Grand Master of the Romanian Freemasonry during the 1930s.
The father of Profira and Paul-Mihu Sadoveanu, who also pursued careers as writers, he was the brother-in-law of literary critic Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan.
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His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
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The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."

Question: What is the date of death of Profira Sadoveanu's father?
Answer: October 19, 1961