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Papadat-Bengescu Hortensia
(1876—1955)

The daughter of General D. Bengescu, Hortensia Bengescu was born in Ivesti, a rural community in south Moldavia, one of Romania's largest provinces. Papadat-Bengescu made her literary debut in 1919 with the volume Ape adânci (Deep Waters), which received high praise from one of Romania's leading critics of that time, Garabet Ibrãileanu. Her "Hallipa Trilogy" is composed of Fecioarele despletite (The Disheveled Maidens, 1926), Concert din muzicã de Bach (A Concert of Music by Bach, 1927), and Drumul ascuns (The Hidden Way, 1928). Papadat-Bengescu received the National Prize for fiction in 1946. After the country's takeover by the Communist regime, Papadat-Bengescu lived in dire poverty and received no pension or means of subsistence from the new government. She died in 1955, probably of starvation.

Rumania, 2001, Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu