About Grigore Alexandrescu
Lived 1810 – 1885 (aged 75). Grigore Alexandrescu was a Romanian poet, translator, prose writer, teacher, writer and military officer.
Grigore Alexandrescu (; 22 February 1810, Târgoviște – 25 November 1885 in Bucharest) was a nineteenth-century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with political undertones.
He founded a periodical, Albina Românească. Alexandrescu wrote Poezii (1832, 1838, 1839) and Meditații (1863), many of which were fables and satires influenced by French literature.
Works (summary) Poezii (1832) Fabule (1832) Meditații (1835) Poezii (1838) Fabule (1838) Poezii (1839) Memorial (1842) Poezii (1842) Suvenire și impresii, epistole și fabule (1847) Meditații, elegii, epistole, satire și fabule (1863)
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Who was Grigore Alexandrescu?
Romanian poet (1810–1885)
When was Grigore Alexandrescu born?
Grigore Alexandrescu was born on 22 February 1810 in Târgoviște.
When did Grigore Alexandrescu die?
Grigore Alexandrescu died on 25 November 1885 in Bucharest.
What was Grigore Alexandrescu's occupation?
Grigore Alexandrescu was a poet, translator, prose writer, teacher, writer and military officer.
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Grigore Alexandrescu was Romanian.
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