Alecu Donici
Alexandru Donici | |
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File:Stamp 1960 Alexandru Donici.jpg | |
Born | Donici, Orhei |
January 19, 1806
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Piatra Neamț |
Occupation | Civil servant in Chişinău |
Language | Romanian |
Ethnicity | Romanian |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg Military Academy |
Notable works | Fabule ("Fables") |
Spouse | Maria Rosetti-Bălănescu (her death) Profira Krupenski |
Alecu (or Alexandru) Donici (January 19, 1806 near Donici, Orhei - January 21, 1865, Piatra Neamț) was a Moldavian-born Romanian poet and translator.
Biography
He was the first of four children of Dimitrie Donici and wife Ileana Lambrino. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Military Academy, and became a junior lieutenant in the Russian army. He was of boyar origin. Aleksandr Pushkin lived in the Donici family house during his exile in 1820-1823. After 1828, Donici assumed the duties of a civil servant in Chişinău, but later on he chose to resign and in 1835 settled in Iași, where most of his literary career unfolded. His chief work, a two-volume book of fables titled Fabule ("Fables"), was published in Iaşi in 1840; it shows the strong influence of Ivan Krylov.
He translated the works of Aleksandr Pushkin and Antioch Kantemir.
Gallery
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Aleea Clasicilor Donici.jpg
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Alecu Donici on a Moldovan coin
External links
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