Vasile Pogor
Transcript of Vasile Pogor
Vasile Pogor
Ionut BorcilaGrade 6B
• Vasile Pogor was born on August 20, 1833 in Iasi.
• He attended school Malgouverne from Iasi, then (since 1849) continued secondary education and university to Paris.
• After returning to the country, entered the magistracy, working as a member of the Court (1857-1858) and the Court of Appeals (since 1859). He participated in the political coalition that plotted the overthrow of Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
• After the change of political regime, Vasile Pogor is appointed as prefect of Iasi (February 1866) and member of the Constituent Assembly in 1866.
• He was initiated on 14 March 1866 in Iasi Masonic lodge "Star of Romania" and in a month received grades of Companion and Master of the same lodge. On 5 November 1866, the Grand Orient of France will issue a diploma that recognizes the 18 grade.
• He was then appointed the first president of the Court of Appeal Iaşi (1869-1870, 1875-1876).
• Entered politics as a member of the group "Junimist". After a brief period held the position of Minister of Religious Affairs and Education (April 20-May 23, 1870), Vasile Pogor elected several times as mayor of Iaşi (Feb. 1880 - 26 April 1881, June 7, 1888 - June 7 1891, May 30 1892 - 18 Nov. 1894).
As mayor of Iasi, Vasile Pogor was distinguished by the following:
• artisan of the National Theatre project in Iaşi, during his administration kicking off the construction
• he is the author of the project of a direct railway Iaşi - Dorohoi and not through Cucuteni
• paved streets, built new slaughterhouse and erected ten primary schools
• during his administration began the construction of the Bath community and kicked off the sewage of the city.
Later, Vasile Pogor was the deputy in 1891 and became a founding member of the Constitutional Party ("junimist").
He passed away on March 20, 1906 in the town Bucium (today district of Iasi).
• Vasile Pogor was one of the founders of the Junimea society and the journal Literary Conversations, where he collaborated with lyrics, prose writings and translations.
• A translation of Horace, Goethe, Hugo, Gauthier, Baudelaire, etc.
• His few original poems (Pastel of a marquis, Melancholy, Magnitudo Parri, Egyptian Sphinx etc.) still have an air of freshness and a strong hint of humor.
Pogor House – Museum of Romanian Literature