Vasile Goldiş, president of the „Transylvanian association for the Literature and Culture of the People of Transylvania” (ASTRA) Cover Image

VASILE GOLDIŞ, PREŞEDINTE AL „ASOCIAŢIUNII TRANSILVANE PENTRU LITERATURA ŞI CULTURA POPORULUI ROMÂN DIN TRANSILVANIA” (ASTRA)
Vasile Goldiş, president of the „Transylvanian association for the Literature and Culture of the People of Transylvania” (ASTRA)

Author(s): Eugen Gagea
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Fondul Europa
Keywords: historical personality; union; culture; people; Transylvania

Summary/Abstract: Re-elected as president of the ASTRA, Goldiş continued his concern for the material situation of the society, mobilizing the intellectual elite with the purpose of publishing – under the aegis of the association – some works of synthesis on the historical past of the Romanians, ethnography, medicine, geography, biology etc. as well as delivering some educative lectures in villages and cities. Under his presidency, a series of brochures, tales and stories, works by Nicolae Bălcescu, George Coşbuc, Ion Creangă, Mihai Eminescu, Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Petre Ispirescu, Alexandru Vlahuţă etc. were published for villagers.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 85-91
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian
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