Ioan Adam (November 26, 1875 â May 18, 1911) was a Romanian prose writer.
Born into a peasant family in Vaslui, he attended primary school in his native village, followed by Vasile Lupu Normal School in IaÃÂi. He then taught school in CurseÃÂti, Vaslui County. He studied law at the Free University of Brussels, obtaining a doctorate. He worked as a Romanian-language teacher in ConstanÃÂa and as a magistrate in CÃÂlÃÂraÃÂi and Tulcea. Under the name I. Blanc, his first work appeared in AdevÃÂrul illustrat. He also published in the magazines ViaÃÂa, Foaia pentru toÃÂi, Convorbiri Literare, SÃÂmÃÂnÃÂtorul, LuceafÃÂrul, FÃÂt-Frumos, ViaÃÂa literaràÃÂi artisticÃÂ, Ramuri and Neamul românesc literar. In 1905, together with I. U. Soricu and Nicolae DaÃÂcovici, he published the weekly Tribuna Dobrogei. He authored a number of SÃÂmÃÂnÃÂtorist short story collections and novels, including Flori de câmp (1900), RÃÂtÃÂcire (1902) and Sybaris (1902). He translated Guy de Maupassant, significantly reducing the amount of violence from the original. His useful monograph ConstanÃÂa pitoreascà(1908) is in the spirit of Alexandru VlahuÃÂÃÂ. He died in IaÃÂi.