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Alexandru Macedonski

1854 - 1920

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Alexandru Macedonski (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru mat͡ʃeˈdonski]; also rendered as Al. A. Macedonski, Macedonschi or Macedonsky; 14 March 1854 – 24 November 1920) was a Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic, known especially for having promoted French Symbolism in his native country, and for leading the Romanian Symbolist movement during its early decades. A forerunner of local modernist literature, he is the first local author to have used free verse, and claimed by some to have been the first in modern European literature. Within the framework of Romanian literature, Macedonski is seen by critics as second only to national poet Mihai Eminescu; as leader of a cosmopolitan and aestheticist trend formed around his Literatorul journal, he was diametrically opposed to the inward-looking traditionalism of Eminescu and his school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandru Macedonski is the 3,664th most popular writer (up from 4,062nd in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Romania (up from 299th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among writers, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 3,664 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Andreas Heiberg, Katherine Anne Porter, Etgar Keret, Julius Obsequens, Jean Rotrou, and Alaa Al Aswany. After him are Lisa Tetzner, Ram Prasad Bismil, Yan Lianke, Nikolay Ogarev, David Foster Wallace, and Alain Chartier.

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Among people born in 1854, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 76. Before him are Sergei Korsakoff, Heinrich Kreutz, Cornelis Lely, Hermann von Stein, Petros Protopapadakis, and Ruth Belville. After him are Ludwig von Pastor, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Franz Rohr von Denta, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Alexandru Marghiloman, and Nikolai Ruzsky. Among people deceased in 1920, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 80. Before him are Karl Binding, Jaan Poska, Pál Szinyei Merse, Herbert James Draper, Ryu Gwansun, and Vladimir Makovsky. After him are Meri Mangakāhia, Nasib Yusifbeyli, Léon-Adolphe Amette, Hortense Schneider, Wilhelm Pfeffer, and Heorhiy Narbut.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 268 out of 844. Before him are Marius Lăcătuș (1964), Dimitrie Sturdza (1833), Nicolae Bălcescu (1819), Nicolae Rainea (1933), Răzvan Lucescu (1969), and György Klapka (1820). After him are Dimitrie Ghica (1816), Sándor Veress (1907), Júlia Várady (1941), Emil Racoviță (1868), Elvira Popescu (1894), and István Avar (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Alexandru Macedonski ranks 34. Before him are Benjamin Fondane (1898), Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), Tudor Arghezi (1880), Liviu Rebreanu (1885), Elena Văcărescu (1864), and Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802). After him are Nichita Stănescu (1933), George Coșbuc (1866), Gabriela Adameșteanu (1942), Isidore Isou (1925), Ioan Slavici (1848), and Margit Kaffka (1880).

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