Dem. Theodorescu

Dem. Theodorescu was a Romanian journalist, humorist, and critic, remembered for his socialthemed novels but also for his controversial political stances. A committed opponent of the National Liberal Party establishment, Theodorescu frequented the avantgarde and socialist circles. During World War I, he transformed himself into a supporter of the Central Powers, and lived the occupation of Romania as a collaborationist. Like his friend Tudor Arghezi, he was imprisoned on a verdict of treason, but pardoned in December 1920.

The son of Ion and Aurelia Theodorescu, the future writer hailed from the village of Roeti, in Vlcea County, where he was born on October 26, 1888 . A high school student in Craiova, he published poems and philosophical fragments in Ramuri. Between 1900 and 1910, Theodorescu began contributing to the daily press of Bucharest, using such aliases as D.T., D.C.H., D. Chirca and, later on, Todry, also enlisting at the University of Bucharest Faculty of Letters. He sent pieces to N. D. Coceas socialist review, Facla, under the pen name Fidelio . His literary debut was in humorous drama, with the oneact play Domnul Traian TraianescuLaocoon .

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