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Mihai Eminescu

1850 - 1889

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Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku] ; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet, novelist, and journalist from Moldavia, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna, Austria to study when he was 19. The poet's manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on 25 January 1902. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mihai Eminescu is the 716th most popular writer (down from 624th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Romania (down from 40th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Romanian Writer.

Mihai Eminescu is one of Romania's most famous poets. He was born in 1850 and died in 1889. He is most famous for his poem "The Prayer" which was written in 1881.

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Among writers, Mihai Eminescu ranks 716 out of 7,302. Before him are Abdulrazak Gurnah, Clarice Lispector, Odysseas Elytis, Epicharmus of Kos, William F. Buckley Jr., and John Irving. After him are Alejo Carpentier, Pierre Loti, Kassia, Marie de France, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, and Witold Gombrowicz.

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Among people born in 1850, Mihai Eminescu ranks 14. Before him are Edward Smith, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, and John Collier. After him are Pierre Loti, Luigi Cadorna, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Oliver Heaviside, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Among people deceased in 1889, Mihai Eminescu ranks 12. Before him are Lucy Webb Hayes, Yohannes IV, Luís I of Portugal, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Father Damien, and Alexandre Cabanel. After him are Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Wilhelm Tempel, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Wilkie Collins, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mihai Eminescu ranks 45 out of 844. Before him are Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Ilie Năstase (1946), and Traian Băsescu (1951). After him are John Cassian (360), Milan I of Serbia (1854), Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820), Ben Ferencz (1920), Alexander Löhr (1885), and Gabriel Bethlen (1580).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Mihai Eminescu ranks 8. Before him are Tristan Tzara (1896), Herta Müller (1953), Paul Celan (1920), Elie Wiesel (1928), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), and Jacob L. Moreno (1889). After him are Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Lajos Zilahy (1891), and Miklós Nyiszli (1901).

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