The Scintillating Life of Iulia Hasdeu

The Scintillating Life of Iulia Hasdeu presents the life and literary works of the Romanian child genius of the 19th century.

Iulia Hasdeu was the daughter of Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, one of the greatest literary and political figures in modern Romanian history. She started reading at two years old and she wrote her first historical study at the age of six. At eight years old she was fluent in French, German, and English. She graduated from the Bucharest Conservatory at eleven with excellen...