Vasile Alecsandri
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Vasile Alecsandri , 1821-90, Romanian poet, dramatist, and statesman. He was (1858) provisional foreign minister and subsequently served in various diplomatic posts. Besides writing lyric poetry celebrated for the description of his native landscape, he published a notable collection of Romanian folk songs. His plays include Ovidiu (1890).
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
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