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In 1912, he married a young schoolteacher, Victoria Iuga. They had one son, Gheorghe. Although the two were very much in love, the marriage soon began to crumble, due to Topîrceanu's bouts of womanizing and alcoholism. Unable to redeem himself, George nonetheless suffered enormously, and the gradual
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His debut came in 1905, the year he published his first verses in Sunday papers and minor magazines; in 1909, he managed to have poems featured in major periodicals, such as
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neighborhood. It is said that the origins of the Topîrceanu family are with a family Niștor from the village Topîrcea near
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camp until the end of the war, in 1918. After his return, Topîrceanu published several volumes of wartime recollections:
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