Alexandru Donici
Alecu (or Alexandru) Donici (aˈleku (alekˈsandru) ˈdonitʃʲ; January 19, 1806 – January 21, 1865) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet and translator.
Alexandru Donici
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- Name
- Alexandru Donici
- Born
- 19 January 1806
- Birthplace
- Donici, Orhei, Romania
- Died
- 21 January 1865
- Place of death
- Piatra Neamț
- Occupation
- Civil servant in Chişinău
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Military Academy
- Spouse
- Maria Rosetti-Bălănescu (her death) Profira Krupenski
- Nationality
- Principality of Moldavia · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Russian Empire
- Languages
- Russian · Romanian · English
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Alecu (or Alexandru) Donici (aˈleku (alekˈsandru) ˈdonitʃʲ; January 19, 1806 – January 21, 1865) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet and translator.
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Alexandru Donici (1806–1865) was a linguist, poet and translator, among other activities, a national of the Principality of Moldavia and the Russian Empire. The linguist was born in Orhei and died in Iași. Languages used include English, Romanian and Russian.
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• Name — Alexandru Donici • Born — 19 January 1806 • Birthplace — Donici, Orhei, Romania • Died — 21 January 1865 • Place of death — Piatra Neamț • Occupation — Civil servant in Chişinău • Language — Romanian • Education — Saint Petersburg Military Academy • Notable Works — Fabule ("Fables") • Spouse — Maria Rosetti-Bălănescu (her death) Profira Krupenski
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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.
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• Illustration — Alley of Classics, Chişinău • Illustration — Alecu Donici on a Moldovan coin
Александру Донич - румынский писатель.
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