Alecu Văcărescu (1769–1798) was a

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Wallachian

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and poet. Son of Ienăchiță Văcărescu, he was a member of the Văcărescu family that gave Romanian literature its first poets. In 1796 a collection of his poems appeared in Romania. He died as a prisoner in

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in 1798. His son,

Iancu Văcărescu Iancu Văcărescu (1786–1863) was a Romanians, Romanian Wallachian boyar and poet, member of the Văcărescu family. Biography The son of Alecu Văcărescu, descending from a long line of Wallachia, Wallachian Intellectual, men of letters &md ...

, was also a poet.

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1769 births 1798 deaths 18th-century Wallachian poets Romanian male poets 18th-century male writers Alecu Writers from the Principality of Wallachia 18th-century people from the Principality of Wallachia {{Romania-bio-stub

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