Alecu Russo
Illustration — Alecu Russo Alecu Russo (17 March 1819 – 5 February 1859) was a Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist. Russo is credited with having discovered one of the most elaborate forms of the Romanian national folk ballad Miorița. He was also a contributor to the Iași periodical Zimbrul, in which he published one of his best-known works, Studie Moldovană ("Moldovan Studies"), in 1851–1852.
Also recorded as Cvfi · Alexandru Russo
Alecu Russo
Cezar Suceveanu · CC BY 3.0
- Born
- 1819. · Chișinău.
- Died
- 1859. · Iași.
- Nationality
- Principality of Moldavia, Russian Empire and United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.
- Occupation
- writer, literary critic, poet and essayist.
- Fields
- literary activity, belletristic literature, poetry and essay.
- Languages
- Romanian and French.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Alecu Russo Alecu Russo (17 March 1819 – 5 February 1859) was a Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist. Russo is credited with having discovered one of the most elaborate forms of the Romanian national folk ballad Miorița. He was also a contributor to the Iași periodical Zimbrul, in which he published one of his best-known works, Studie Moldovană ("Moldovan Studies"), in 1851–1852.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Alecu Russo. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q2442975 · wikipedia · Alecu Russo
In this article
Presence in anthologies
Presence in anthologies
He also wrote Iașii și locuitorii lui în 1840 ("Iași and its inhabitants in 1840"), a glimpse into Moldavian society during the Organic Statute administration, and two travel accounts (better described as folklore studies), Piatra Teiului and Stânca Corbului. Russo is also notable for his Amintiri ("Recollections"), a memoir, and for the prose poem Cântarea României (prose). Both these works appeared in 1855 in Vasile Alecsandri's literary magazine, România Literară. • Illustration — Russo's grave at Bărboi Church He died shortly before the age of 40. He was buried with great pomp at the Bărboi Church, in Iași.
The Bessarabia of my Soul / Basarabia Sufletului meu. A collection of poetry from the Republic of Moldova, bilingual English & Romanian, Daniel Ioniță and Maria Tonu (editors), with Eva Foster, Daniel Reynaud and Rochelle Bews, MediaTon, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
He also worked under the name Terenţie Hora. The authorities additionally record the headings Cvfi and Alexandru Russo. His recorded languages were Romanian and French.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Alecu Russo worked in literary activity, belletristic literature, poetry, essay and literary criticism. He worked at Principality of Moldavia.
Identity
Identity
Alecu Russo is recorded as writer, literary critic, poet and essayist.
Biserica Bărboi din Iași
Cezar Suceveanu
Portretul lui Alecu Rusoo, Ulei pe pânză, 52,2 x 40 cm, Nesemnat, Nedatat, Nr. inv. 75, Muzeul de Artă din Brașov
Mișu Popp · Sursa
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1819
Alecu Russo was born in 1819 at Chișinău.
1859
Alecu Russo died in 1859 at Iași.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Chișinău.
Birth place
Iași.
Death place
Literature
Scholarly footprint
A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Grand Larousse Universel, Larousse, 1989, vol.13,
- 2.George Călinescu, Istoria literaturii române [Histoire de la littérature roumaine], , ed. Minerva, Bucarest 1982
- 3.Biografie Alecu Russo. tititudorancea.ro.
- 4., , Bucarest, Cugetarea
- 5.Alecu Russo, Opere complete, ediţie îngrijită de Lucian Predescu, , Bucarest, Cugetarea
- 6.Les Roumains et le français : . roumanie-france.ro.
- 7.Literatura română/Littérature roumaine. Non Lieu. 2010. 978-2-352-70082-1.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 15 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,661 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Ale Ahmad SuroorAuthor
- Aleardo AleardiAuthor
- Alec BaldwinAuthor
- Alec WaughAuthor
- Alecu VăcărescuAuthor
- Aleda ShirleyAuthor
- Aleh GruszeckiAuthor
- Alejandra PizarnikAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Alecu Russo?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.