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Vasile Alecsandri
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Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat
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Vasile Alecsandri was a male poet, writer, politician, and playwright born in Bacău County in 1821. He wrote in Romanian and French and was a member of the Romanian Academy and Junimea. His field of work included politics and oral literature. He was of Greek ethnicity and followed Eastern Orthodoxy. His pseudonym was V. Mircesco.
He died of lung cancer in Mircești in 1890 due to natural causes. He held citizenship in the Principality of Moldavia, the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, and the Kingdom of Romania. He was sponsored by Carol Davila. His notable works include Poesii, Mǎrgǎritǎrele, 1852-1862, Deutsche Übersetzungen der Lyrik des rumänischen Dichters Vasile Alecsandri, Sgîrcitul râsipitor, and Salba literara. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1821
- Died
- 1890
- Works
- 27
Top works
- Poesii
- Mǎrgǎritǎrele, 1852-1862
- Deutsche Übersetzungen der Lyrik des rumänischen Dichters Vasile Alecsandri
- Sgîrcitul râsipitor
- Salba literara
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Key facts
- Born
- 21 July 1821, Bacău , Principality of Moldavia
- Died
- 22 August 1890 (1890-08-22) (aged 69), Mircești , Kingdom of Romania
- Occupations
- Poet , playwright , politician, and diplomat
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Romania
- Place of birth
- Bacău County
- Place of death
- Mircești
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Field of work
- oral literature
- Image
- Constantin Daniel Stahi - Portretul lui Vasile Alecsandri.jpg
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- Category:Vasile Alecsandri
- Commons category
- Vasile Alecsandri
- date of birth
- 1821-06-21
- date of death
- 1890-09-03
- member of
- Junimea
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons Creator page
- Vasile Alecsandri
- Commons gallery
- Vasile Alecsandri
- pseudonym
- V. Mircesco
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- sponsor
- Carol Davila
- writing language
- French
- name in native language
- Vasile Alecsandri
- ethnic group
- Greeks
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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