Journal of Danubian Studies and Research, Vol 2, No 2 (2012)

Abstract

The cultural development of Lower Danube area was felt after 1840, when in Romania the
first societies intended to promote the culture among the masses, to transform it into an affordable
commodity. The first attempt to popularize the literature occurred in Galati, in 1851, when it was
published a little magazine, Muzeu literaru. The political and linguistic problems of the time made it
difficult the mission of popularizing the culture, so one may speak of cultural, literary journals after
the merging of two Principalities in 1859. The first publication was a political literary importance,
entitled Moş Ion, which was miraculously discovered, much later in a private collection in Braila.
This was achieved by the well-known journalist George Baronzi. We should mention that in that
period the journal Omul şi natura/The man and nature has seen the light of printing in 1874 in Cahul.
The few publications have emerged as an important contribution to the cultural development of the
area and of the Romanian language, having published well known national poets.