caption movement death_date death_place influenced pseudonym birth_place influences nationality birth_date period genre image article_title name occupation
sadoveanu in 1929 , portrait by Ștefan dimitrescu realism '' , poporanism , socialist realism , social realism , naturalism , '' sămănătorul 19 october 1961 vânători-neamț jean , dan lungu , dimitrie d. pătrășcanu , cezar petrescu bart , damian stănoiu , dumitru vacariu , nicolae n. beldiceanu , al. lascarov-moldovanu mihai din pașcani , m. s. cobuz pașcani honoré costin , mihai eminescu , gustave flaubert , nicolae gane de , nikolai gogol , wilhelm von kotzebue , ion neculce balzac , anton pann , n. d. popescu-popnedea , Émile zola , ion luca caragiale , miron romanian 5 november 1880 1896 -- 1952 historical political novel , psychological novel , crime fiction , memoir novel , travel literature , nature writing , fantasy , reportage , , biography , sketch story , children 's literature , adventure lyric poetry novel , biographical novel , Ștefan dimitrescu - mihail sadoveanu.jpg mihail sadoveanu
 mihail sadoveanu novelist , translator , poet , civil servant , activist , , politician short story writer , journalist , essayist
mihail sadoveanu

mihail sadoveanu -lrb- ; occasionally referred to as mihai sadoveanu ; november 5 , 1880 -- october 19 , 1961 -rrb- was a romanian novelist , short story writer , journalist and political figure , who twice served as acting head of state for the communist republic -lrb- 1947 -- 1948 and 1958 -rrb- .
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 Șoimăreștilor '' -lrb- `` the Șoimărești family '' -rrb- , `` frații jderi '' -lrb- `` the jderi brothers '' -rrb- and `` zodia cancerului '' -lrb- `` under the sign of the crab '' -rrb- .
with `` venea o moară pe siret ... '' -lrb- `` a mill was floating down the siret ... '' -rrb- , `` baltagul '' -lrb- `` the hatchet '' -rrb- 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 răsărit '' -lrb- `` the light arises in the east '' -rrb- , 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 .
