# George Murnu > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/George_Murnu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/George_Murnu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Murnu > Source revision: 1347714016 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Romanian poet, translator, archaeologist, and historian This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "George Murnu" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2018) George Murnu **George Murnu** (Romanian pronunciation: [\[ˈdʒe̯ordʒe ˈmurnu\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Romanian); [Aromanian](/source/Aromanian_language): *Ioryi Murnu*; 1 January 1868 in [Veria](/source/Veria), [Salonica Vilayet](/source/Salonica_Vilayet), [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) – 17 November 1957 in [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest), Romania) was a Romanian university professor, archaeologist, historian, translator, and poet of [Aromanian](/source/Aromanians) origin. ## Biography After attending the courses of a [Romanian primary school](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanian_schools_in_the_Balkans&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Bitola](/source/Bitola) and the town's [Romanian high school](/source/Romanian_High_School_of_Bitola), he attended the [University of Bucharest](/source/University_of_Bucharest). In 1893, at age 25, Murnu was appointed professor at the [University of Iași](/source/University_of_Ia%C8%99i) and shortly afterwards was awarded a [scholarship](/source/Scholarship) by the Romanian State in order to complete his postgraduate studies in Munich, and, after several years he returned to Romania after completing a [doctorate](/source/Doctorate) in [philology](/source/Philology). A fruitful scholarly activity followed, culminating in Murnu becoming a chairman professor of archaeology at the University of Bucharest. In 1909, he was appointed head of the National Archaeological Museum in Bucharest by the Ministry of Public Instruction and Religious Confessions. He has translated an accomplished version of the *[Odyssey](/source/Odyssey)* and *[Iliad](/source/Iliad)* into [Romanian](/source/Romanian_language). He also wrote his own works of poetry (with [bucolic](/source/Bucolic) themes), both in Romanian and in his native [Aromanian language](/source/Aromanian_language). Murnu was a sympathizer of the [far right](/source/Far_right) [Iron Guard](/source/Iron_Guard), and was an intimate friend of the Aromanian [secessionist](/source/Separatism) politician, [Alcibiades Diamandi](/source/Alcibiades_Diamandi) who in 1917 participated in a failed effort to form the independent [Samarina Republic](/source/Samarina_Republic) under the protection of Italy. After the end of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Murnu was not subject to legal investigation - probably due to his age and prestige. He was elected a full [member of the Romanian Academy](/source/List_of_members_of_the_Romanian_Academy). He also was a member of the [Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society](/source/Macedo-Romanian_Cultural_Society). Nowadays, a [street](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=strada+george+murnu+mangalia&btnG=Google+Search&meta=) in the Romanian [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea) port of [Mangalia](/source/Mangalia) bears his name. ## Works - *Românii din Bulgaria medievală* ("Romanians in Medieval Bulgaria") - *Studiu asupra elementului grec ante-fanariot în limba română* ("Essay on the pre-[Phanariote](/source/Phanariote) [Greek language](/source/Greek_language) elements in Romanian") ## Poetry written by Murnu **Cântecul plaiurilor noastre** (in [Romanian](/source/Romanian_language)) *Din bură de codri răsună chemare* *Din glasuri de păsări, de frunze, de crengi* *De șoapte lungi, de fântâni, de izvoare* *Cu lacrimi de umbră, cu zâmbet de soare;* *Și clopote-aud, cunoscute tălăngi* *De turme răzlețe pe văi și pripoare* **Grailu armãnescu (**[Aromanian language](/source/Aromanian_language)**).** *Grailu-a mel di mumã, grailu-a mel di tatã* *Vatra-a mea iu ni-arde anjli tsi-am bãnatã* *Grai picurãrescu di pãdhuri shi ploae* *Zbor tsi-avdzãi dit gura-a paplui shi ali mae* *Zbor di budzã vrutã, dumnidzescã njilã* *Anjurizmã di frangã shi di trandafilã.* *Lavã di cãshare, boatse di cãlivã* *Suflã vindicare-a ta dultse livã.* *Adiljat di moscu, duh di primuverã* *Bana nj-u cutreamburã ca unã fluiarã* *Tsi di dor pitrunde noaptea tu pundie* *Inima-nj ti-cãntã, mãna-nj tut ti-scrie.* *Stãu, tsi-ascultu plãngu, jalea shi niholu,* *Ved ãncrutsiljatã Soia-nj ca Hristolu* *Shi mizie li-si-avde zborlu-a tal dit gurã.* *Scumpa-a mea fãntãnã tsi anarga curã,* *Mãne, poate mãne, di dushmanj biutã,* *Va s-armãne tu etã pondã shi tãcutã.* ## Sources - [Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca](/source/Nicolae_%C8%98erban_Tana%C8%99oca), *Realism și idealism în "Chestiunea aromânească". Un episod diplomatic din viața lui George Murnu în lumina corespondenței sale inedite* (*Réalisme et idéalisme dans "la question aroumaine". Un épisode diplomatique de la vie de George Murnu a la lumiere de sa corespondance inédite*), in *Revista de Istorie*, 1997, 8, nr. 11–12, pp. 719–738. ## External links - [George Murnu - Autobiographical fragment in German](https://web.archive.org/web/20070928054056/http://www.csbi.ro/ro/publicatii.html) - [The Folklore Association of Aromanians (Armãnj) in Veria](https://web.archive.org/web/20171006075151/http://www.vlahoi.gr/vlahs.asp) - (in Greek) [Vlahoi.net](http://www.vlahoi.net) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States France BnF data Spain Netherlands Greece 2 Poland Israel Catalonia Belgium People DDB Other IdRef Open Library Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [George Murnu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Murnu) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Murnu?action=history)). 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