Constantin Stamati
Constantin Stamati (1786 – 12 September 1869) was a Moldavian writer and translator. Constantin Stamati was born in the Principality of Moldavia, he settled in Chișinău, Bessarabia (presently in Moldova) after the 1812 partition of Moldavia by the Russian Empire at the end of the Russo-Turkish War. Stamati became a civil servant and official translator under the first Russian administration of the region.
Constantin Stamati
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- Name
- Constantin Stamati
- Born
- 1786
- Birthplace
- Iași, Moldavia (now Romania)
- Died
- 12 September 1869
- Place of death
- Ocnița, Russian Empire (now Moldova)
- Nationality
- Principality of Moldavia · Russian Empire
- Occupation
- linguist · translator · poet · writer
- Honours
- Order of Saint Anna and 3rd class
- Languages
- Romanian · Greek · French
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Constantin Stamati (1786 – 12 September 1869) was a Moldavian writer and translator. Constantin Stamati was born in the Principality of Moldavia, he settled in Chișinău, Bessarabia (presently in Moldova) after the 1812 partition of Moldavia by the Russian Empire at the end of the Russo-Turkish War. Stamati became a civil servant and official translator under the first Russian administration of the region.
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Constantin Stamati (1786–1869) 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 Iași and died in Ocnița. Constantin Stamati was a member of Romanian Academy.
Languages used include French, Greek and Romanian. Honours include Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class.
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He was rewarded by the Russian emperor with the Medal of Saint Anne and became a knight of that order. He made the acquaintance of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin at the time of latter's exile to Chișinău in 1820–1823. Stamati's most important work, Povestea poveștilor ("The Tale of Tales"), an idealized description of Moldavia's beginnings in verse, was published in Iași in 1843. His other works include contemporary satires and glorifications of Moldavia's past. In 1866, he became one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy.
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• Name — Constantin Stamati • Born — 1786 • Birthplace — Iași, Moldavia (now Romania) • Died — 12 September 1869 • Place of death — Ocnița, Russian Empire (now Moldova)
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Constantin Stamati is recorded as a citizen of Principality of Moldavia. Recorded with the occupation translator.
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1786
Constantin Stamati was born on 1 January 1786.
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Constantin Stamati died on 12 September 1869.
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Constantin Stamati was born at Iași.
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Constantin Stamati died at Ocnița.
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