Iorgu Iordan
Iorgu Iordan (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈjorɡu jorˈdan]; also known as Jorgu Jordan or Iorgu Jordan; September 29 [O.S. October 11] 1888–September 20, 1986) was a Romanian linguist, philologist, diplomat, journalist, and left-wing agrarian, later communist, politician. The author of works on a large variety of topics, most of them dealing with issues of the Romanian language and Romance languages in general, he was elected a full member of the Romanian Academy in 1945. He was head of its Institute of Linguistics (currently named after him and Alexandru Rosetti) between 1949 and his retirement in 1962.
He was the author of several Romanian language instruments, published under the aegis of the Romanian Academy (including Dicționarul limbii române - "Dictionary of the Romanian Language", Micul Dicționar Academic - "Concise Dictionary of the Academy" and Îndreptar ortografic, ortoepic și de punctuație - "Guide to Orthography, Orthoepy and Punctuation").
Biography
Born in
A
Four years later, he quit the PNȚ for unknown reasons, and was subsequently active in marginal
He was a staunch adversary of the
After Romania's withdrawal from the
Iordan was appointed ambassador to the Soviet Union in August 1945 — during a period when left-leaning intellectuals became the predilect candidates for the diplomatic corps.[14] He resigned in 1947, a gesture which coincided with moves by the PCR to have diplomatic offices placed under tighter political control.[15]
Before his appointment to
In 1946, he moved to Bucharest, and was dean of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters and Philosophy (1947-1948; 1956–1957), as well as rector (1957-1958).[18] His appointment in the capital, together with those of Andrei Oțetea and Constantin Balmuș, was in itself a measure to combat the presence of anti-communist dissidents inside the university's structure.[19] At the same time, Iordan's admission to the academy (like those of Gala Galaction, Victor Eftimiu, Alexandru Rosetti, and Ion Agârbiceanu) was compensation for the massive purge inside the institution.[20]
Among those whose career was affected a result of Iordan's verdicts was the writer
In 1955, following
Iordan is buried at Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.
Published works
- Rumanische Toponomastik, Bonn & Leipzig, Kurt Schroeder Verlag, 1924.
- Istoria literaturii italiene, Iași, Universitatea din Iași, 1928.
- Introducere în studiul limbilor romanice. Evoluția și starea actuală a lingvisticii romanice, Iași, Institutul de Filologie Română, 1932.
- Gramatica limbii române, Bucharest, 1937 (2 nd ed. 1946).
- Limba română actuală. O gramatică a „greșelilor” , Iași, Institutul de Arte Grafice „Alexandru A. Terek”, 1943 (2 nd ed. 1947).
- Stilistica limbii române, Bucharest, Institutul de Linguistică Română, 1944 (2 nd ed. 1975).
- Lingvistica romanică. Evoluție. Curente. Metode, Bucharest, Editura Academiei, 1962 (2 nd ed. 1970).
- Toponimia românească, Bucharest, Editura Academiei, 1963.
- Istoria limbii literare spaniole, Bucharest, Editura Didactică și Pedagogică, 1963.
- Introducere în lingvistica romanică, Bucharest, Editura Didactică și Pedagogică, 1965 (in collaboration with Maria Manoliu).
- Structura morfologică a limbii române contemporane, Bucharest, Editura Științifică, 1967 (in collaboration with Valeria Guțu Romalo, Alexandru Niculescu).
- Scrieri alese, Bucharest, Editura Academiei, 1968.
- Alexandru I. Philippide, Bucharest, Editura Științifică, 1969.
- Crestomație romanică, vol. I-III, Bucharest, Editura Academiei, 1962-1974 (co-ordination).
- Memorii, vol. I-III, Bucharest, Editura Eminescu, 1976–1979.
- Limba română contemporană, Bucharest, Editura Didactică și Pedagogică, 1978 (in collaboration with Vladimir Robu).
- Dicționar al numelor de familie românești, Bucharest, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, 1983.
- Istoria limbii române (Pe-nțelesul tuturora), Bucharest, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, 1983.
- Manual de linguistica romanica, Madrid, Gredos, 1989 (in collaboration with Maria Manoliu, Manuel Alvar).
Notes
- ^ Bozgan, p.320, 326
- ^ a b c Bozgan, p.320
- ^ Ornea, p.330, 333-334, 552
- ^ Bozgan, p.321, 326
- ^ Bozgan, p.321
- ^ Bozgan, p.321-322
- ^ Bozgan, p.322-323
- ^ Bozgan, p.324, 326
- ^ Bozgan, p.324-325, 326
- ^ Bozgan, p.323-325
- ^ Bozgan, p.325, 327
- ^ Bozgan, p.324, 327, 328
- ^ a b Bozgan, p.327
- ^ Betea; Bozgan, p.329
- ^ Betea
- ^ Constantin Balmuș, in Bozgan, p.327
- ^ Bozgan, p.325, 328
- ^ Bozgan, p.320-321
- ^ Bozgan, p.332
- ^ Frunză, p.374
- ^ Rădulescu
- ^ Bozgan, p.328-329
- ^ Madgearu
- ^ Boia, p.126
References
- (in Romanian) Lavinia Betea, "Moscova sau Londra?" ("Moscow or London?"), in Jurnalul Național, April 18, 2006
- ISBN 963-9116-97-1
- Ovidiu Bozgan, "Traiectorii universitare: de la stânga interbelică la comunism" ("University Trajectories: from Interwar Left to Communism"), in Lucian Boia, ed., Miturile comunismului românesc ("The Myths of Romanian Communism"), Editura Nemira, Bucharest, 1998, p. 309-335
- Victor Frunză, Istoria stalinismului în România, Humanitas, Bucharest, 1990
- (in Romanian) Alexandru Madgearu, Cultura Dridu și evoluția poziției României în lagărul socialist ("The Dridu Culture and the Evolution of Romania's Position inside the Socialist Camp")
- Z. Ornea, Viața lui C. Stere, Vol. I, Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1989
- (in Romanian) Mihai Rădulescu, Patimile după Paul Goma ("The Calvary According to Paul Goma")