Ion Pillat

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Ion Pillat
Ion Pillat
Born	31 March 1891 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Died	17 April 1945(1945-04-17) (aged 54) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Occupation	poet lawyer
Language	Romanian
Nationality	Romanian
Alma mater	University of Paris
Spouse	Maria Pillat-Brateș
Children	Dinu

Ion Pillat (31 March 1891 – 17 April 1945) was a distinguished Romanian poet. He is best known for his volume Pe Argeș în sus (Upstream on the Argeș) and Poeme într-un vers (One-line poems).

His maternal grandfather was Ion Brătianu. He studied at the University of Paris from 1910 to 1914, returning to Bucharest after obtaining a law degree.

Biography[]

Childhood[]

Ion Pillat was born on 31 March 1981, in Bucharest.^[1] The Pillats were an old family of free farmers, originally from on the Prut river. His father, Ion N. Pillat, was a landowner and parlimenarian. His mother, Maria Brătianu, was the second daughter of the political leader Ion C. Brătianu. His elementary education took place in the town of Pitești.

Adolescence and studies in France[]

At the age of fourteen, he finished a course of study at Saint Sava National College in Bucharest. His mother brought him, together with his younger brother Niculae and younger sister Pia, to study at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris, living on the Boulevard Saint-Michel. During a trip to Chartres Cathedral, inspired by the gothic architecture, he composed his first poem, În catedrală ("In the cathedral"). He enrolled in the Sorbonne^[2] to study liberal arts and law, obtaining degrees in 1913 and 1914, respectively.

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