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| Born | Cezar Bolliac (1813-03-23)23 March 1813 |
| Died | 25 February 1881(1881-02-25) (aged 67) Bucharest,Kingdom of Romania |
| Other names | Boliac, Boliak |
| Education | Saint Sava Academy |
| Spouse | Aristița Bolliac (née Isvoranu) |
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Cezar Bolliac orBoliac,Boliak (23 March 1813 – 25 February 1881) was aWallachian andRomanianradical political figure, amateurarchaeologist, journalist andRomantic poet.
Born inBucharest as the son of Anton Bogliako (Bogliacco orBolliac), aGreek-Italian physician, and his wife Zinca Pereț, who remarried thestolnic Petrache Pereț; his adoptive father took care of Cezar's education. After being taught reading and writing at home, Bolliac studied at theSaint Sava Academy, underIon Heliade Rădulescu; Rădulescu was to become one of his most important collaborators.
In 1830, he joined the newly refoundedWallachian Army as a member of itsofficer corps. Three years later, Bolliac became a member of thesecretPhilharmonic Society, created byIon Câmpineanu, Rădulescu, andConstantin Aristia.
In 1835, he published his first lyrical works. A year later, he began editing the reviewCuriosul.
With fellow radicalsNicolae Bălcescu andEftimie Murgu, Bolliac joined in Mitică Filipescu'sconspiracy againstPrinceAlexandru II Ghica and, later in the year, entered theFreemasonry-inspiredFrăția ("Brotherhood")secret society.
In 1844, through the means of Foaie pentru minte, inimă și literatură, he appealed to young writers:
In an article he published in 1846 in the pages of the same magazine, Bolliac showed his admiration for the works and attitudes ofVictor Hugo, which he recommended as a guide to Wallachian writers.
Consequently, he was one of the leaders of the1848 Wallachian revolution, and took exile after theOttoman–Russian intervention in September. InBrașov,Transylvania (onAustrian domain), Bolliac began publishingEspatriatul, a paper which featured the subtitleDreptate, Frăție ("Justice, Brotherhood"), a rendition of the revolutionary slogan. After 1857, he settled in Paris, and published theFrench-language poemDomnul Tudor. Episode de la révolution roumaine de 1821 ("Voivode Tudor. An Episode of the 1821 Wallachian uprising|1821 Romanian Revolution"), and began issuing his reviewBuciumul, a mainly political magazine.
He returned to Wallachia in 1858, after theCrimean War had led to a drastic decrease in Russian influence (allowing for radicals to regin their country), and took an archaeological study trip. He included the results of his investigations inBuciumul and its successorTrompeta Carpaților (he began editing the latter in 1865). During the period, Bolliac also engaged in activism in favor of Wallachia's union withMoldavia, a goal reached underAlexandru Ioan Cuza. He later became a notoriousantisemite, rejected the idea ofnaturalization for theJews, and engaged in apolemic over this issue (and that of his version of Romanticism in general) withJunimea'sTitu Maiorescu.[1]
His wife, Aristița (née Isvoranu) died in 1860, and was buried atBellu Cemetery (Bolliac was the second person to buy a plot there, afterC. A. Rosetti).[2][3] He died in 1881 in Bucharest, by then the capital of theKingdom of Romania.
