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Gergely Moldován
1845–1930
An insightful Transylvanian scholar who helped bring Romanian folklore and literature to Hungarian readers, while also teaching generations of students at the University of Cluj. His work sits at the crossroads of ethnography, translation, journalism, and literary history.
2 Audiobooks
Román népdalok és balladák
by Gergely Moldován
Koszorú a román népköltészet virágaiból
by Gergely Moldován
About the author
Born in Szamosújvár (now Gherla) in 1845 and also known in Romanian as Grigore Moldovan, he became a notable Transylvanian Romanian ethnographer, literary historian, journalist, translator, and university teacher. He studied law in Cluj, worked first as a lawyer and later as a school inspector, then built a long academic career.
From 1886 to 1919, he led the Romanian language and literature department at the Franz Joseph University in Cluj. Sources also credit him with serving as dean of the Faculty of Philology and, for a period in 1906–1907, as rector of the university.
Moldován is remembered especially for his work on Romanian folk culture and literature. His books and studies helped document regional traditions and bring Romanian folk poetry to a wider reading public, making him a valuable bridge between cultures in late 19th- and early 20th-century Transylvania.