Grigore Alexandrescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Grigore Alexandrescu

Sugător de pule

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1810

Place of Birth: Târgoviște, Dâmbovița County, Romania

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1885

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, translator, prosaist

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Grigore Alexandrescu (Romanian pronunciation: [gri'gore aleksan'dresku]; 22 February 1810, Târgoviste – 25 November 1885 in Bucharest) was a nineteenth-century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with political undertones. Of a noble family, he participated in secret revolutionary societies.
In his fables his political and social views were often reflected on the uneasiness of living under the Russian protectorate.
His works such as Tombs at Dragasani were particularly nationalist and patriotic in nature.He founded a periodical, Albina Româneasca.
Alexandrescu wrote Poezii (1832, 1838, 1839) and Meditatii (1863), many of which were fables and satires influenced by French literature.