Alexandru Cazaban (October 6, 1872–May 24, 1966) was aRomanian prose writer.
Born inIași to François Cazaban, who was of French origin, he graduated from the city'sNational College in 1895, following which he entered an architecture school that he did not complete. He worked by turns as a proofreader atRomânul, a rural schoolteacher, a draftsman, a veterinarian and a civil servant at the bridge and highway agency, before re-entering the newspaper business with the support ofAlexandru Vlahuță andBarbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea. In 1898, he editedBolta rece magazine at Iași, publishing humorous vignettes. His own publishing debut involved satirical sketches that appeared inAnton Bacalbașa'sMoș Teacă.[1]
Cazaban contributed short prose for the second series ofIon Luca Caragiale'sMoftul român, as well as forZeflemeaua,Revista literară,Flacăra,Viața Românească,Luceafărul,Universul andAdevărul. He wrote short stories, sketches and tales published in volumes that includedDeștept băiat! (1904),Chipuri și suflete (1908),Oameni cumsecade (1911),Între femeie și pisică (1913),Păcatul sfinției sale (1915),Dureri neînțelese (1917),Între frac și cojoc (1922) andVăzute și auzite (1958), as well as the 1924 novelUn om supărător. His writings evoked provincial life and also cast a somewhat harsh light on the rural environment. An avid hunter, his 1939Povestiri vânătorești deals with the topic. In 1937, he won the Romanian national prize for prose. He died inBucharest in 1966 at the age of 93.[1]
