Alecu Văcărescu

Alecu Văcărescu (1769–1798) was a Romanian Wallachian boyar and poet, a member of the Văcărescu family that gave Romanian literature its first poets. In 1796 a collection of his poems appeared in Romania.[1]

Alecu Văcărescu; portrait by Anton Chladek

He died as a prisoner in Istanbul in 1798.[1] His son, Iancu Văcărescu, was also a poet.

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  1. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gaster, Moses (1911). "Vacarescu". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 830–831.
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