Neagu Djuvara

Who they were

Biography Early life A native of Bucharest , he was descended from an aristocratic Aromanian family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His father, Marcel, a graduate of the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin ) and a captain in the Romanian Royal Army 's Engineer Corps, died of the Spanish flu in 1918; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] his mother, Tinca, was the last descendant of the Grădișteanu family of boyar origins (according to Djuvara,

Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (born 1916)

Early life

Educated at: Paris Law Faculty.

Path and career

Worked with / for: University of Bucharest.

Awards / honours: Officer of Arts and Letters, Broquette-Gonin prize, Order of the Star of Romania, and Cross of Faithful Service.

Work as a historian Most of Djuvara's work concerns the history of Romania and that of the Romanian people , although he published significant works pertaining to the philosophy of history , particularly questioning the existence of what he called "truthful history". [ 1 ] Regarding Romanian history , Djuvara advocated continued and extensive research into what he believed was still unexplored territory. His views were often seen as undermining a Romanian national identity,

Why this date

Neagu Djuvara appears on our January 25 calendar for 2018 as a death entry.