Constantin Belimace (July 1848 – 1932) was an Aromanian poet. He was born into an Aromanian family in Malovišta (), a village that formed part of the

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and is now in

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. His father was Tașcu Belimace. He attended school in his native village and at a Serbian school in Belgrade. In 1873, he moved to

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, capital of the

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. There, he opened a restaurant favored by students, particularly from south of the Danube, and by writers. In the enthusiastically patriotic atmosphere that followed the

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, Belimace began composing poems, thus becoming among the first writers in the

Aromanian language The Aromanian language (, , , or ), also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach, is an Eastern Romance language, similar to Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian and Romanian, spoken in Southeastern Europe. Its speakers are called Aromanians or Vl ...

: "Cucotul" (

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: "Cocoșul"; "The Rooster") and "

Dimãndarea pãrinteascã "Dimãndarea pãrinteascã" (), also known as "Pãrinteasca dimãndari" (), is an Aromanian poem written in 1888 exhorting parents to teach their children the language, instead of assimilating into other Balkan ethnicities. As a result it is o ...

" ("Porunca părintească"; "The Parents' Command"). These appeared, respectively, in ''România'' and ''Voința națională''. Later, together with others, they were published in Andrei Bagav's 1887 ''Cartea de alegere'' (''Cartea de citire''; ''Reader''). Belimace helped found the Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society and the Lumina association, and took part in editing periodicals such as ''Frațil'ea într'u dreptate'' and ''Macedonia''. His contributions appeared in ''Frațil'ea'', ''Grai bun'', ''

Lumina Lumina may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Lumina'', a literary journal published by Sarah Lawrence College * ''World of Lumina'' or ''Lumina'', a graphic novel by Emanuele Tenderini and Linda Cavallini Music * "Lumina", ...

'', ''Peninsula Balcanică'' and ''

Românul de la Pind ''Românul de la Pind'' ("The Romanian of the Pindus" in Romanian) was a Romanian weekly newspaper. It was founded on 26 May 1903 in Bucharest, Romania, by the Aromanian cultural activist Nicolae Constantin Batzaria, who was the director of the ...

'', as well as in various calendars and almanacs. After returning to Macedonia, he worked as a supervisor at the Romanian boarding high school in Bitola. During

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, he was held hostage in Bulgaria for two years. He died in Bitola in 1932, when the city was in the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...

.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 152. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Belimace, Constantin 1848 births 1932 deaths People from Bitola Municipality Aromanians from the Ottoman Empire Romanian people of Aromanian descent Yugoslav people of Aromanian descent Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Romania Members of the Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society Aromanian poets Romanian poets Aromanian editors Romanian magazine editors Romanian businesspeople World War I prisoners of war held by Bulgaria