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''' Grigore Alexandrescu''' ({{IPA|ro|ɡriˈɡore aleksanˈdresku}}; 22 February 1810, Târgoviște &ndash; 25 November 1885 in Bucharest) was a nineteenth-century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with political undertones.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AlexGrig.html ''Columbia Encyclopedia'' Sixth Edition (2007)] Retrieved on March 18, 2008</ref>

He founded a periodical, ''Albina Românească''. Alexandrescu wrote ''Poezii'' (1832, 1838, 1839) and ''Meditații'' (1863), many of which were fables and satires influenced by French literature.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-14369/Grigore-Alexandrescu ''Encyclopædia Britannica''], Retrieved on March 18, 2008</ref>

== Works (summary) == * ''Poezii'' (1832) * ''Fabule'' (1832) * ''Meditații'' (1835) * ''Poezii'' (1838) * ''Fabule'' (1838) * ''Poezii'' (1839) * ''Memorial'' (1842) * ''Poezii'' (1842) * ''Suvenire și impresii, epistole și fabule'' (1847) * ''Meditații, elegii, epistole, satire și fabule'' (1863)

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==External links== {{Commons category|Grigore Alexandrescu}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Grigore Alexandrescu}} * {{Librivox author |id=453}}

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