Alecu Donici

Alexandru Donici
Born	January 19, 1806(1806-01-19) Donici, Orhei
Died	January 21, 1865(1865-01-21) (aged 59) Iași
Occupation	Civil servant in Chişinău
Language	Romanian
Ethnicity	Romanian
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg Military Academy
Notable work(s)	Fabule ("Fables")
Spouse(s)	Maria Rosetti-Bălănescu (her death) Profira Krupenski
Influences Ivan Krylov

Alecu (or Alexandru) Donici (January 19, 1806 near Donici, Orhei - January 21, 1865, Iași) 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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  Alley of Classics, Chişinău

Persondata
Name	Donici, Alecu
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Date of birth	January 19, 1806
Place of birth	Donici, Orhei
Date of death	January 21, 1865
Place of death	Iaşi