Vasile Cârlova (; February 4, 1809 – September 18, 1831) was a

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n officer and early Romantic poet.

Biography

Born into a low-ranking

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boyar family in

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, Cârlova remained an orphan in 1816, and, after being adopted by an aunt, moved to

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. He studied together with

Grigore Alexandrescu Grigore Alexandrescu (; 22 February 1810, Târgovişte – 25 November 1885 in Bucharest) was a nineteenth-century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with political undertones. He founded a periodical, ''Albina Româneascǎ'' ...

, learning

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and French. In 1827, he wrote his first poem, ''Păstorul întristat'' (''The Sad Shepherd''), which was first published in 1830, with the help of

Ion Heliade Rădulescu Ion Heliade Rădulescu or Ion Heliade (also known as ''Eliade'' or ''Eliade Rădulescu''; ; January 6, 1802 – April 27, 1872) was a Wallachian, later Romanian academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writ ...

. A year later, he authored ''Ruinurile Târgoviştei'' (''The Ruins of Târgovişte'') and ''Rugăciune'' (''Prayer''). In 1829, Cârlova wrote ''Înserare'' (''Nightfall''). In 1830, the year when his poems were published, he enlisted to the newly created Wallachian National Militia, a nucleus of the future

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created under the ''

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'' regime, being its 33rd volunteer and bearing the rank of

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. The following year, Cârlova wrote ''Marşul românilor'' (''The Romanians' March''), a patriotic poem that could not be printed due to

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and circulated on leaflets. He died soon after that, after falling ill with an infectious disease. Cârlova is buried in

External links

Short biography at thinkquest.org

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