Giovenale Vegezzi Ruscalla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovenale Vegezzi Ruscalla

Journalist and translator

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1799

Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1885

Profession: politician, translator, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Giovenale Vegezzi Ruscalla (4 December 1799, Turin, Italy - December 1885, Turin), was a liberal Italian journalist, foreign honorary member of the Romanian Academy, and secretary to the Subalpine Agrarian Association.
He traveled to Transylvania and Banat on a study trip in 1830 and was an honorary citizen as a Romanian diplomat.
He translated poems of the Romanian poet and playwright Vasile Alecsandri and taught a history course and Romanian literature at the University of Turin.
At the Congress of Paris 1856 Ruscalla successfully debated in favour of Romanian independence.
(out of Moldavia and Wallachia).