The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Caragiale, Ion Luca
(yn l´kä käräjä´l) (KEY) , 1853–1912, Romanian playwright and author. Romania’s foremost dramatist, his works sharply satirized Romanian society. His masterpiece, A Lost Letter (1884), describes a provincial government election won by a blackmailer. Other plays include Carnival Adventures (1885) and False Accusation (1889), a tragedy. He also wrote short stories and novels.
n l
´kä käräjä´l
) (KEY) , 1853–1912, Romanian playwright and author. Romania’s foremost dramatist, his works sharply satirized Romanian society. His masterpiece, A Lost Letter (1884), describes a provincial government election won by a blackmailer. Other plays include Carnival Adventures (1885) and False Accusation (1889), a tragedy. He also wrote short stories and novels.
