Author · Romania
Petre Ispirescu
Died in 1887
Petre Ispirescu was born in 1830 in Bucharest, the son of the barber Gheorghe Ispirescu. He left school early to become an apprentice at the printing house of Zaharia Carcalechi, became a typesetter there, then ran several printing houses, including the State's and the Romanian Academy's. From 1862, encouraged notably by Nicolae Filimon, he published in the press the tales he collected, and his mother, Elena, was according to Newsweek România his first inspiration. He died on 21 November 1887 in Bucharest.
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- TaleThe Foundling Prince and Other TalesLegende sau basmele românilorPetre Ispirescu · 1872Literature