About Ioan Alexandru Lapedatu
Lived 1844 – 1878 (aged 33). Ioan Alexandru Lapedatu was a Romanian editor and poet.
Ioan Alexandru Lapedatu (; July 6, 1844 – March 28, 1878) was an ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian poet, prose writer and newspaper contributor.
Born in Colun, Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region, his parents Alexa and Ana (née Panga) were peasants. He attended primary school in a nearby Hosman, followed by the Roman Catholic High School in Sibiu from 1860 to 1868. He received a scholarship from ASTRA to study philology at the University of Paris, which he did from 1868 to 1870, followed by the Free University of Brussels. He received a doctorate in philology and literature in 1871.
He was married twice; in 1876, his second wife bore twin sons Alexandru I. and Ion. He is buried in Brașov's Groaveri cemetery.
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ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian poet, prose writer and newspaper columnist (1844-1878)
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Ioan Alexandru Lapedatu was born on 6 July 1844 in Colun.
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Ioan Alexandru Lapedatu died on 6 April 1878 in Brașov.
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Ioan Alexandru Lapedatu was an editor and poet.
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