WRITER

Alexandru Macedonski

1854 - 1920

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Alexandru Macedonski (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru mat͡ʃeˈdonski]; also rendered as Al. A. Macedonski, Macedonschi or Macedonsky; 14 March 1854 – 24 November 1920) was a Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic, known especially for having promoted French Symbolism in his native country, and for leading the Romanian Symbolist movement during its early decades. A forerunner of local modernist literature, he is the first local author to have used free verse, and claimed by some to have been the first in modern European literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandru Macedonski has received more than 130,865 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandru Macedonski is the 4,063rd most popular writer (down from 3,659th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Romania (down from 256th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 4,063 out of 7,302. Before him are Fay Weldon, George Coșbuc, André Schwarz-Bart, Wipo of Burgundy, Aisha Taymur, and Daniel Silva. After him are Maria Edgeworth, Norman Manea, Bozorg Alavi, Marco Foscarini, Hushang Ebtehaj, and Oskar Maria Graf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 83. Before him are Jenny Nyström, Jules Gilliéron, Cornelis Lely, Yehuda Pen, Joan Alcover, and Nikolai Ruzsky. After him are L. A. Ring, Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, Takamine Jōkichi, Théodore Flournoy, Ruth Belville, and Georges Eekhoud. Among people deceased in 1920, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 88. Before him are John Gilbert Baker, Ömer Seyfettin, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Luc-Olivier Merson, Arturo Soria y Mata, and Heinrich Lammasch. After him are Theodor Philipsen, Dan Andersson, Panas Myrny, Théodore Flournoy, Hortense Schneider, and Zygmunt Gorazdowski.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 299 out of 844. Before him are Nicolae Ciucă (1967), Barbu Catargiu (1807), Peter Maffay (1949), Nicolae Neagoe (1941), Liviu Librescu (1930), and George Coșbuc (1866). After him are Emil Boc (1966), András Kovács (1925), Cristian Mungiu (1968), Alexandra Maria Lara (1978), Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949), and Iuliu Hossu (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 38. Before him are Eva Mozes Kor (1934), Margit Kaffka (1880), Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802), Ioan Slavici (1848), Elena Văcărescu (1864), and George Coșbuc (1866). After him are Isidore Isou (1925), Gabriela Adameșteanu (1942), Oskar Pastior (1927), Constantin Negruzzi (1808), Monica Lovinescu (1923), and C. A. Rosetti (1816).

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