Gheorghe Băgulescu (1890–1963): From the War Diary to the Historical Novel or the Offensive of Literature on the Battlefront of History
Gheorghe Băgulescu (1890–1963): From the War Diary to the Historical Novel or the Offensive of Literature on the Battlefront of History

Summary/Abstract: Actively combatting the saying “When weapons speak, the muses are silent,” General Gheorghe Băgulescu was adamant in recording the events of history he lived or read, by using the art of literature. As he was aware that the times he lived did not involve the clash of armed forces as much as ideologies that would change the face of the world, the military and diplomatic career of General Băgulescu is tightly interwoven with the history of the Romanian people. His participation in the First World War, immortalized in stories that can be read as a battlefront diary, continued with the diplomatic battle of making his country known, as a military, naval and aeronautical attaché in Japan (1935–1939), as minister plenipotentiary in Japan, China and Manchukuo (1941–1943), and in other, more geographically remote places. Conversely, the same military man and diplomat published the trilogy Japanese Soul (1937) in French, English and Romanian, and attempted to bring the Far East closer to Europe, with the purpose of better mutual understanding and awareness.

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