Vasile Alecsandri Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Vasile Alecsandri Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Vasile Alecsandri (Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile aleksanˈdri];

July 21, 1821 â€" August 22, 1890) was a Romanian 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 consider, alongside Mihai Eminescu, which

admired was inspired by the writings of Alecsandri, as one of the most

important Romanian writers in the second half of the 19th

century.Alecsandri was born in the Moldavian town of Bacău, to a

family of nobles. His parents were Vasile Alecsandri and Elena Cozoni.

His parents had seven children, of which three survived: one daughter,

Catinca, and two sons, Iancu â€" a future army colonel â€" and

Vasile.The family prospered in the lucrative business of salt and

cereals trade. In 1828, they purchased a large estate in Mircești, a

village near Siret River. The young Vasile spent time there studying

with a devout monk from MaramureÈ™, Gherman Vida, and playing with

Vasile Porojan, a Gypsy boy who became a dear friend. Both characters

would later appear in his work.
Vasile Alecsandri Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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