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About Alexandru Depărățeanu
- Alexandru Depara?eanu (February 25, 1834–January 9, 1865) was a Wallachian, later Romanian poet and playwright. Born in Ro?iorii de Vede, his parents were Petru Depara?eanu and his wife Elisabeta (née Altanlâu).
- He studied in his native town and at Bucharest's Saint Sava College, after which he went to the University of Paris from 1856 to 1858, without earning a degree.
- From 1860 to 1865, Depara?eanu was deputy prefect of Teleorman and Târgului pla?i, and in 1864 was a deputy to the Legislative Chamber.Depara?eanu's contributions appeared in Buciumul, Seculul and Na?ionalul.
- Two books of his poetry were published in 1861: Ciocoii vechi ?i ciocoii noi and Doruri ?i amoruri.
- These were followed by his 1864 historical drama Grigorie Voda – domnul Moldovei.
- Among the first translators from Spanish to Romanian, he worked with a few romancero texts, finding convincing equivalent terms.
- His poetry bears all the marks of a transitional era and suffers from the lexical uncertainties of a language under the impact of French influence.
- Nevertheless, pre-Eminescian and even pre-Symbolist tones are dimly perceptible.
- As a playwright (aside from the 1864 work, he wrote a comedy in 1852, Don Gulica sau pantofiorii miraculo?i, that was published posthumously), he shows sufficient talent for creating scenes, even managing beautiful sequences in the Romance drama style.
- These are comparable to the achievements of Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu and Vasile Alecsandri.
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