Grigore Alexandrescu Explained

Grigore Alexandrescu (pronounced as /ro/; 22 February 1810, Târgoviște  - 25 November 1885 in Bucharest) was a nineteenth-century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with political undertones.^[1]

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.^[2]

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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AlexGrig.html Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition (2007)
2. http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-14369/Grigore-Alexandrescu Encyclopædia Britannica