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Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890)
Alecsandri, Vasile (ä-lek-sän’drē). A Romanian poet (1821–90). He pursued literary studies in Paris, 1834–39; edited a patriotic journal, Literary Dacia, at Bucharest; was afterward director of the French Theatre at Jassy, for which he composed a series of comedies. He excels in the description of natural scenery. His war poems (1877–78) had a powerful influence on public opinion in the Danubian principalities. Other works are a poem, ‘In Praise of the Latin Race’ (1874); ‘Rumanian Folk-Songs’; and the drama ‘Prince Despot’ (1880).