Vasile Alecsandri
Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1821
- Died
- 1890
- Works
- 27
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- Poesii
- Mǎrgǎritǎrele, 1852-1862
- Deutsche Übersetzungen der Lyrik des rumänischen Dichters Vasile Alecsandri
- Sgîrcitul râsipitor
- Salba literara
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 43
- Total plays
- 158
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Vasile Alecsandri ( Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile aleksanˈdri]; 21 July 1821 – 22 August 1890) was a Romanian patriot, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat. He was one of the key figures during the 1848 revolutions in Moldavia and Wallachia. He fought for the unification of the Romanian Principalities, writing "Hora Unirii" in 1856 and giving up his candidacy for the title of prince of Moldavia, in favor of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. He became the first minister of foreign affairs of Romania and was one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy. Alecsandri was a prolific writer, contributing to Romanian literature with poetry, prose, several plays, and collections of Romanian folklore, being considered, alongside Mihai Eminescu, which admired and was inspired by the writings of Alecsandri, as one of the most important Romanian writers in the second half of the 19th century.
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1821 births1890 deaths19th-century Moldavian writers19th-century Romanian dramatists and playwrights19th-century Romanian male writers19th-century Romanian poetsDeaths from cancer in RomaniaFounding members of the Romanian AcademyFrench-language Romanian writersJunimistsMembers of the Macedo-Romanian Cultural SocietyNational anthem writers