september austro hungarian born romanian writer journalist politician theologian greek catholic priest native graduated ordained initially assigned parish form backdrop fiction achieved literary fame work disputed rival schools committed social cultural activism spent 1910s near break world war eventually took deep ukraine moved lived remainder life war involved political cultural life voted assumed office senate vice president dictatorship spent decade half communist regime outlawed church act refused cooperate work transparent christian proved incompatible new ideology banned communist regime found useful image bestowed honors contribution available 1990s largely forgotten author possible exception based biography early life born village time second children parents née father grandfather believed great grandparents indicated surname grandfather originated area came family ancestral village according novelist notes father number romanian language publications appeared mother great lover stories storytelling recalled childhood summers spent tending father sheep sleeping stick avid reader stories attended school native village graduating literary historians describe period literary debut collaboration newspaper published signed poetry short story lent served secretary time city romanian speaking literary body tolerated hungarian authorities soon correspondent based newspaper signing pieces pen based arranged study theology faculty publishing works soon regular contributor returning graduation supervised local boys boarding school working academic year urged friends receiving church scholarship returned study literature spent semester taught primary school march married daughter world war following ceremony held easter sunday appointed parish priest years observed difficult lives mountain problems encountered nearby gold mines time wrote notices magazine later published darkness novel based mining experience started writing frequently literary magazines included literary works period include countryside class loves abyss collection sketches short stories visited capital sent enthusiastic travel notes regular contributor nationalist review gave welcome later leftist rival regulars literary activity elected corresponding member promoted membership parish priest member austria-hungary supported youth leader colleague followed parted launched independent faction time world war broke sons daughter including future physicist year war finally published stories villages followed work christian theology din life september withdrew area battle fled austria-hungary family destination headed roman western evacuated russia august reached vicinity ukraine alongside refugee took choir organized future bishop november year family found shelter family near october revolution soon broke way military chaplain based russia returned december march following union romania named director newspaper edited province october newspaper headquarters moved followed thanks literary activity leadership elected corresponding member began contributing reviews accompanied writers society members celebratory tour like colleagues preserved bitter memory war articles time point referring hungarians 1920s working based magazine signature remained editor resumed collaboration disappointed cultural economic decline came consequence incorporation local press noted largely lost purpose hope survive competition noted reviewers valuable work saw print minor provincial reviews despite setbacks published new works quick succession burning tear father man din captain days din little meadow sins wax figures followed disappointment loneliness law flesh law mind evening hours spring soul victory works period include tracts biblical topics including discussions went seed lord prayer evil world paths happiness member elected year election following creation elected served initially joining merged following year defected member recipient headed chapter edited magazine wrote number articles support calling priests promote movement parishes given secular values movement leaders romania participation somewhat conflict religious creed current centered supposedly objective natural laws participated literary section headed cultural congress capacity organization role romanian cultural life additionally played prominent role annual committed social activism involved literacy campaigns fundraising village libraries places maturity elevated rank district canon following followed new lost control noted contributors official literary magazine late following establishment king appointed senate served vice president edited new edition official paper daily end 1930s wrote opposition policy august second vienna award granted hungary fled new authorities called expulsion received order departed downfall withdrew politics supported romania war eastern including occupation official magazine named suggested god greater plans continued write publish literature carol regime world war time pupil miss alongside theological essays din lord christianity priest family ethnic role novel serialized came volume novel times people critical given regime works including saint completed remained unpublished communism following fall regime campaign recover contributor new political weekly remained returned contributed religious tract christian family new communist regime outlawed forcibly merged refused join setting authorities found reputation writer valuable interests preferred try opt year refusal turn orthodox joined editorial board semi official literary magazine granted following year promoted titular member academy occasion birthday awarded order star romanian people republic class old new writings came editions selected works din din mountains plains din file din pages book nature stories children formally congratulated regime fell censorship apparatus according accounts allowed operate multiple changes long substance writing altered portions work cut novel downfall serialized handled seven pages lost forever expecting die soon worked definitive corpus writings began printing state run care led believe works allowed publishing retook possession manuscripts sent including previously unpublished writings volumes available time writer died buried city grave topped white marble cross literary contribution ideology style entered literary life poet according patron great author later career focused prose poems short stories novels intended represent daily life favorite theme life country priest turn 20th century gallery protagonists included thieves teachers village doctors rich prolific writer possibly productive romania completed volumes account long short closely aligned ethnic marginal inspired believes similarities superficial unlike school professional literary realism favored individual psychology class identity condemn city environment stories notes ethical philosophical vision dignity grand literature highlighted praised early 20th century doesn looking ingredient separate lives heart soul according modernist literary critic cultural theorist essential literature people people puts work blends aggressive healthy ethics pushed limit cultivation speech patterns immediate context inspired founders realism inspired traditionally reviewers plot devices epic mannerisms particular explanatory comments notes distracting notes accumulate details remain incapable level sketches exciting dramatic sense aspect fiction makes hard separate purely theological productions notes depicts village anti saloon exhibition argues work amounts set humanitarian concludes depiction bleak mystical life fine literary contribution rising generation states weakest according moral lesson lay works hinted subtlety sees din novels hand observes writer uses artistic talents theological works din simple texts appeal intended audience rural believers cultivated set readers notes known works particularly category includes stories moral redemption novel short entirely major works implicit christian lesson love money devastation rich mining community heart novel gold claim appears productive writes emotion mounting interest witness disasters modern day peaceful village novel argues overall awkward interesting social called frightening human mining terminology argued climax runs card table collapsing remarkable qualities literary offers praise work realistic novel widely seen taken account originality sees novelist work eclipsed resembles coincidentally psychological novel young man torn love mature woman daughter turned attention sins flesh erotic dilemma narrative threads story inter ethnic conflict versus hungarians probe regional politics theme preoccupied writing sees solid social psychological study harmed lack stylistic verbal narrative structure alluded discovering true calling plot follows protagonist scholarly priest finds work missionary religion cultural nationalism despite set poverty revisited past similar themes developed priest suddenly confronted consequences actions destroys drink named female protagonist war invalid passive witness wife moral decay dies wooden leg serves haunting reminder virtues driving despair according stories largely outdated time publishing experimental work strike figure naive mindset ways incompatible romanian society interwar largely seen true masterpiece best story alongside short story center story woman makes living stones gold children killed respiratory disease based real life details changed defining moment narrative seen symbolic plight romanian sells draft horse friend prepare daughter funeral notes outcome kindness present hidden world reveal hours pity justice shows final moments woman life inability grant wish according universal work worthy legacy communism lay work began fully recovered late 1960s important effort process undertaken literary historian begun critical evaluation early short monograph took observation artistic narrator moral situations went seeking label place framework ethical prose work edited revived interest writer precisely corpus opening new directions critical analysis recovery limited according arrival national communism left critics unsure vision rural life literary canon long film directing team found short stories supplied ideal material interest formal experimentation leading films based pair stories filmed version flames treasures years fall regime theological writings started reprinted events corpus literature print work complete writings taken manuscripts saw print project ended notes returned began work revised critical edition included material published edition adding new content suggested promising writer dawn new century despite constant feature literature textbooks thirds forgotten according cultural memory second shelf writer author pioneering work famed invention gas laser writers sons surveyor family remained possession large villa later declared historic monument writer grave awarded status 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