overwhelmed by shame, decides to kill herself. By 1926, having discarded Expressionism and returned to a traditional style, Sân-Giorgiu wrote a series of satirical plays, among which was Banchetul ("The Banquet"). Lovinescu notes that they owed inspiration to 19th century author Ion Luca Caragiale. Notes References Dan Grigorescu, Istoria unei generaţii pierdute: expresioniştii, Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1980. Eugen Lovinescu, Istoria literaturii române contemporane, Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1989. Z. Ornea, Anii treizeci. Extrema dreaptă românească, Editura Fundaţiei Culturale Române, Bucharest, 1995, p. 457. Mihail Sebastian, Journal, 1935-1944, Random House, London, 2003. Romanian art critics Romanian columnists Romanian dramatists and playwrights Romanian essayists Romanian magazine editors Romanian magazine founders Romanian literary critics Romanian male poets Expressionist dramatists and playwrights Gândirea Members of the Iron Guard 20th-century Romanian politicians Romanian collaborators with Nazi Germany People from Botoșani Romanian defectors People sentenced to death in absentia 1893 births 1950 deaths Romanian anti-communists Male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century Romanian dramatists and playwrights Male essayists 20th-century essayists