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Grigore Alexandrescu (1812–1885)
Alexandrescu, Grigore (ä-lek-sān-dres’kö). A Romanian poet and statesman (1812–85). 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 Serbians to the highest pitch. His collected works, ‘Meditations, Elegies, Epistles, Satires, and Fables,’ were published at Bucharest, 1863.