Grigore Alexandrescu

Grigore Alexandrescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡriˈɡore aleksanˈdresku]; 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)

References

1. Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition (2007) Retrieved on March 18, 2008
2. Encyclopædia Britannica, Retrieved on March 18, 2008

External links

• Works by or about Grigore Alexandrescu at the Internet Archive
• Works by Grigore Alexandrescu at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)