GRIGOIC ALECSANDRESCU
\ɡɹˈɪɡə͡ʊɪk ɐlˈɛksɐndɹˌɛskuː], \ɡɹˈɪɡəʊɪk ɐlˈɛksɐndɹˌɛskuː], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈɪ_ɡ_əʊ_ɪ_k ɐ_l_ˈɛ_k_s_ɐ_n_d_ɹ_ˌɛ_s_k_uː]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
A Rumanian poet and statesman (1812-86). After serving three years as an officer in the army he became a writer and a politician. His "Satires" and "Fables" enjoyed wide popularity. His poem "The Year 1840" was like a bugle call, and aroused the enthusiasm of the Wallachians and Servians to the highest pitch. His collected works, "Meditations, Elegies, Epistles, Satires, and Fables", were published at Bucharest, 1863.
By Charles Dudley Warner
Word of the day
dust storm
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand a windstorm that lifts up clouds dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"