Alecu Donici

Alexandru Donici
Born January 19, 1806
Donici, Orhei
Died January 21, 1865 (aged 59)
Piatra Neamț
Occupation Civil servant in Chişinău
Language Romanian
Ethnicity Romanian
Alma mater Saint Petersburg Military Academy
Notable works Fabule ("Fables")
Spouse Maria Rosetti-Bălănescu
(her death)
Profira Krupenski

Alecu (or Alexandru) Donici (January 19, 1806 near Donici, Orhei - January 21, 1865, Piatra Neamț) was a Moldavian-born Romanian poet and translator.

Biography

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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