Vasile Alecsandri

Vasile Alecsandri (Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile aleksanˈdri]; 21 July 1821 – 22 August 1890) was a Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat. He collected Romanian folk songs and was one of the principal animators of the 19th century movement for Romanian cultural identity and union of Moldavia and Wallachia.
Category:Romanian literature
Category:Poets
Category:Playwrights
Category:Short story writers
Category:19th century
Category:Romanticism