About
Diplomat and poet who championed Romanian cultural identity in his poem "Romania's Awakening". He supported the union of Moldavia and Wallachia, which he wrote about in his poem "Hora Unirii".
Before Fame
He studied chemistry, medicine, and law before deciding on literature.
Trivia
After leading a failed revolution in Moldavia, he fled to Paris and continued to write political poetry.
Family Life
He had a daughter with wife Paulina Lucasievici.
Associated With
He is considered a Romanian poet of the Classical Age along with poet George Cosbuc.
