VALERIU BRANIȘTE, SECRETAR AL DESPĂRȚĂMÂNTULUI LUGOJ AL ASTREI: PROPAGANDIST CULTURAL AL ACESTEI INSTITUȚII ÎN BANAT (1901-1924)
Valeriu Braniște: Secretary of Astra Lugoj Department: Cultural Propagandist of this Institution in Banat (1901-1924)

Summary/Abstract: A native of Cincu-Mare, journalist and Romanian scholar Valeriu Braniște led for a while the periodical Tribuna from Sibiu, so that, following some animosities with Eugen Brote, but also some promises left to Banat, where together with Cornel Diaconovich, established the periodical Dreptatea. Following 1896, V. Braniște thought Romanian, German and Hungarian language for a year, at the renowned educational institution Andrei Șaguna Secondary School from Brașov. In 1897, he was called in Chernivtsi, where enjoyed freedom in editing the periodical Patria. He came into conflict with the Austrian authorities, a fact that determined him to reach again in Banat, by the call of the Romanian political leaders from the area. He set up in Lugoj, where he led the Romanian periodical Drapelul, whose editor and owner was to become. From the point of view of cultural-national manifestations, V. Braniște managed both the administration of Societatea pentru Fond de teatru român and was secretary of Astra Lugoj Department, mainly after 1902. He was a cultural propagandist of the Association, holding in Banat, lectures for the nation and conferences for the intellectuals. He edited books that entered the holdings of libraries for the nation in the area of the Association departments from Lugoj, Caransebeș, Oravița and Timișoara, mainly between 1902 and 1924. Between 1914 and 1918, V. Braniște was under surveillance of Police Prefecture from Torontal County, but also under that of intelligence structures of Austro-Hungary, being considered the spy of Romania in this area and a firm militant of the Association in Banat.

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