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Vasile Alecsandri (July 21, 1821 – 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.
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14 June 1821 Bacău, Principality of Moldavia
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22 August 1890 (aged 69) Mircești, Kingdom of Romania
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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