Editing Vasile Alecsandri (section)

{{Short description|Romanian poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat (1821–1890)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Vasile Alecsandri
| image              = Nestor Heck - Vasile Alecsandri.jpg
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| birth_date         = 21 July 1821
| birth_place        = [[Bacău]], [[Principality of Moldavia]]
| death_date         = {{death-date and age|22 August 1890|21 July 1821}} 
| death_place        = [[Mircești]], [[Kingdom of Romania]]
| occupation         = [[Poet]], [[playwright]], politician, and [[diplomat]]
| signature          = Alecsandri signature.png
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'''Vasile Alecsandri''' ({{IPA|ro|vaˈsile aleksanˈdri}}; 21 July 1821{{snd}}22 August 1890) was a [[Romanians|Romanian]] patriot,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gorjeanul.ro/vasile-alecsandri-200-vasile-alecsandri-un-exemplu-de-mare-patriot/ | title=VASILE ALECSANDRI – 200 – Vasile Alecsandri, un exemplu de mare patriot {{pipe}} Ştiri locale de ultima ora, stiri video - Ştiri Gorjeanul.ro | date=22 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://bucpress.eu/pagina-de-istorie-la-21-iulie-1821-s-a-nascut-marele-scriitor-si-patriot-roman-vasile-alecsandri/ | title=Pagina de istorie: La 21 iulie 1821 s-a născut marele scriitor și patriot român Vasile Alecsandri | date=21 July 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://limbaromana.md/index.php?go=articole&n=2222 | title=Poet al întregii romanităţi - LimbaRomana }}</ref> poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zantedeschi |first=Francesca |date=2022 |title=Cântecul Gintei Latine : Vasile Alecsandri, "race" connections and the Latinity of the Romanians (1850s–1870s) |journal=Nations and Nationalism |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=909–923 |language=en |doi=10.1111/nana.12843 |s2cid=248439574 |issn=1354-5078|doi-access=free }}</ref> He was one of the key figures during the 1848 revolutions in [[Moldavian Revolution of 1848|Moldavia]] and [[Wallachian Revolution of 1848|Wallachia]]. He fought for the unification of the [[Danubian Principalities|Romanian Principalities]], writing "[[Hora Unirii]]" in 1856 and giving up his candidacy for the title of [[List of rulers of Moldavia|prince of Moldavia]], in favor of [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza]]. He became the first minister of foreign affairs of [[United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia|Romania]] and was one of the founding members of the [[Romanian Academy]]. Alecsandri was a prolific writer, contributing to Romanian literature with poetry, prose, several plays, and collections of Romanian folklore, being considered, alongside [[Mihai Eminescu]], which admired and was inspired by the writings of Alecsandri, as one of the most important Romanian writers in the second half of the 19th century.