COȘBUC, GEORGE. - Romanian poet, b. 8 Sept. 1866 at Hordău (Năsăud) of Greek-Catholic parents, d. at Bucharest on 9 May 1918; he discerned in popular tradition values worthy of ancient classicism.

Having interrupted his philological studies at the University of Cluj, he became an editor of the newspaper Tribuna, where he published the short poem Nunta Zamfirei ("The Wedding of Zamfira", 1889). The volume Balade și Idile (1893) revealed him as a great bucolic and epic poet. In the volume Fire de tort ("Threads for Weaving", 1896) his personality asserts itself vigorously. Subsequently other original works and translations appeared: the Aeneid (Bucharest 1986), Ziarul unui pierdevară ("The Diary of a Idler", 1902), Cântece de vitejie ("Heroic Songs", 1904), etc. Notable is his translation into terza rima of the Divine Comedy, published posthumously by Ramiro Ortiz (1925-32).

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BIBL.: G. Bogdan-Duică, Studii mărunte despre Gh. C., in Ramuri, 1922; C. Marinescu, Gh. C., Bucharest 1923; L. Morariu, Imprimaturile lui C., in Junimea literară, 1925; N. Iorga, Istoria literaturii românești, I, Bucharest 1934, pp. 362-367; II, pp. 83-84; L. Santangelo, G. C. nella vita e nelle opere, Rome 1934.

Pietro Irosie

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