Abstract
George Călinescu was born on June the 19th, 1899, in Bucharest. He made his debut with lyrics in “Sburătorul” magazine (1919). After graduating from the Faculty of Letters, he continued his studies at the Romanian School in Rome. He works as a high school teacher in Timisoara and Bucharest. George Călinescu was a poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and literary historian. The theorist pointed out that the classical and romantic types are not absolute, their purity is non-existent in reality