Veronica Micle

About

Romanian-Austrian poet who is known for Rendez-vous and other romantic works. She published her poems in Noul Curier Roman, Convorbiri Literare, and other literary journals.

Before Fame

She was born in Austria to the widow of a shoemaker. Her father died before her birth in a battle against Hungarian revolutionaries.

Trivia

Her birth name was Ana Campeanu, and she sometimes wrote under the pseudonym of Corina.

Family Life

She married Stefan Micle in 1864; the couple had two daughters. Until his 1889 death from syphilis, she was also romantically involved with fellow Romanian author Mihai Eminescu.

Associated With

She and George Cosbuc were both Romanian poets.