Samson L. Bodnărescu (; June 27, 1840 – 1902) was a

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. He was a member of the cultural society ''

Junimea ''Junimea'' was a Romanian literary society founded in Iași in 1863, through the initiative of several foreign-educated personalities led by Titu Maiorescu, Petre P. Carp, Vasile Pogor, Theodor Rosetti and Iacob Negruzzi. The foremost personali ...

'' and his poetry often reflected his idealistic philosophical views. This was demonstrated in the tragedy ''Rienzi'', (1868) which was inspired by

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, and later ''Lăpușneanu-vodă'' (1878–1879),

Bibliography

*Academia Republicii Popular Române, ''Dicționar Enciclopedic Român'', Editura Politică, București, 1962–1964 Romanian poets Romanian male poets Romanian philosophers 1840 births 1902 deaths 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers {{Romania-poet-stub