Vasile Alecsandri

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Vasile Alecsandri
Born21 July 1821
Bacău, Principality of Moldavia
Died22 August 1890 (1890-08-23) (aged 69)
Mircești, Kingdom of Romania
Occupation(s)Poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat
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Vasile Alecsandri (Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile aleksanˈdri]; 21 July 1821 – 22 August 1890) was a Romanian patriot,[1][2][3] poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat.[4] 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.

  1. ^ "VASILE ALECSANDRI – 200 – Vasile Alecsandri, un exemplu de mare patriot | Ştiri locale de ultima ora, stiri video - Ştiri Gorjeanul.ro". 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Pagina de istorie: La 21 iulie 1821 s-a născut marele scriitor și patriot român Vasile Alecsandri". 21 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Poet al întregii romanităţi - LimbaRomana".
  4. ^ Zantedeschi, Francesca (2022). "Cântecul Gintei Latine : Vasile Alecsandri, "race" connections and the Latinity of the Romanians (1850s–1870s)". Nations and Nationalism. 28 (3): 909–923. doi:10.1111/nana.12843. ISSN 1354-5078. S2CID 248439574.