WRITER

Vasile Alecsandri

1821 - 1890

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Vasile Alecsandri (Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile aleksanˈdri]; 21 July 1821 – 22 August 1890) was a Romanian patriot, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat. He was one of the key figures during the 1848 revolutions in Moldavia and Wallachia. He fought for the unification of the Romanian Principalities, writing "Hora Unirii" in 1856 and giving up his candidacy for the title of prince of Moldavia, in favor of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasile Alecsandri has received more than 153,955 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Vasile Alecsandri is the 2,408th most popular writer (down from 1,866th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Romania (down from 128th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Romanian Writer.

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  • 31

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  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vasile Alecsandri ranks 2,408 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovanni Pascoli, Bion of Smyrna, Mikołaj Rej, Alonso de Ercilla, Kate Millett, and Charles Maturin. After him are Ahmad Shamlou, Eustache Deschamps, Ki no Tsurayuki, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Antiochus Kantemir, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Vasile Alecsandri ranks 42. Before him are Gabriel García Moreno, Ford Madox Brown, Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Mary Baker Eddy, Ferdinand Gregorovius, and Philipp Ludwig von Seidel. After him are Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este, Arthur Saint-Léon, Ion C. Brătianu, Champfleury, Giuseppe Saracco, and Napoleon Sarony. Among people deceased in 1890, Vasile Alecsandri ranks 32. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Camilo Castelo Branco, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, and Christopher Latham Sholes. After him are Ivan Mažuranić, Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, Ignaz von Döllinger, Alexander Parkes, and James Nasmyth.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Vasile Alecsandri ranks 165 out of 844. Before him are Johann Hedwig (1730), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Gabriel Báthory (1589), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Regalianus (250), and Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null). After him are Mihail Sebastian (1907), Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), Péter Eötvös (1944), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Péter Pázmány (1570), and Stephen Pongracz (1582).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Vasile Alecsandri ranks 21. Before him are Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), Dora d'Istria (1828), Marthe Bibesco (1886), János Arany (1817), and Mircea Cărtărescu (1956). After him are Mihail Sebastian (1907), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Benjamin Fondane (1898), Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), and Ana Blandiana (1942).

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