Constantin Stere and the Romanian intellectuality from Transylvania (1906-1914)

At the beginning of the 20th century, Constantin Stere stood out as an important man of culture, who was also active politically. He established the magazine „Viata Românească” from Iași, which became one of the most important publications of the era and through which the literary, social and political movement founded by him, Poporanism, spread throughout the Romanian space. To promote his ideas, he visited Transylvania as early as 1906 and established connections with personalities such as Octavian Goga. Knowing well the realities of Transylvania and being supported by Ion I.C. Brătianu and King Carol I, Stere had an important role in the political crisis in Transylvania, managing in 1912 to restore peace between the members of the Transylvanian Romanian political and intellectual elite. His role among the Romanians of Transylvania is reflected in several memoiristic writings of the era, as well as in the press of the time.