Ștefan Petică
Ștefan Petică | |
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Petică, as sketched by Nicolae Petrescu-Găină | |
| Born | January 20, 1877 Bucești, Galați County, Kingdom of Romania |
| Died | October 17, 1904 (aged 27) Bucești |
| Pen name | Caton, Erics, Mușat, Narcis, Sapho, Senez, Sentino, Sergiu, Step, Stiopca, Ștefan, Trubadur, Șt. P. |
| Occupation | poet, playwright, literary theorist, journalist |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Period | 1894–1903 |
| Genre | poetry, drama |
| Literary movement | Symbolism |
Ștefan Petică (Romanian pronunciation: [ʃteˈfan ˈpetikə]; January 20, 1877 – October 17, 1904) was a Romanian Symbolist poet, prose writer, playwright, journalist, and socialist activist. Born in the countryside of Tecuci, he displayed a voracious appetite for literature and philosophy since his early years. After high school, he made his way to the national capital Bucharest, where university studies soon gave way to low-paid newspaper work. Petică published one volume of poetry before his premature death, and left his mark as one of the first exponents of the domestic Symbolist movement.