Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu

Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu was born on 8 December 1876 in Ivești, near Galați, the daughter of General Dimitrie Bengescu. After high school in Bucharest, she married Nicolae Papadat, a magistrate, and followed him from town to town, to Turnu Măgurele, Buzău, Focșani and Constanța, raising her children, which delayed her debut. She first published short stories in periodicals and brought out her first novel in 1919, according to Histria Books. She died in Bucharest on 5 March 1955, forgotten by her former friends according to the same source.

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