Grigore Alexandrescu

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Grigore Alexandrescu (February 22, 1810 in Târgovişte - November 25, 1885 in Bucharest was a nineteenth century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with political undertones.

Of a noble family, he participated in secret revolutionary societies. In his fables his political and social views were often reflected satrirically and ironically often on the uneasiness of living under the Russian protectorate. His works such as Tombs at Drăgăşani were particularly nationalist and patriot in nature ^[1].

He founded a periodical, the Albina Româneasca. Alexandrescu wrote Poezii (1832, 1838, 1839) and Meditatii (1863), many of which were fables and satires influenced by French literature ^[2].