Alecu Russo
Romanian writer and literary critic
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Alecu Russo was a Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist.
Russo is credited with having discovered one of the most elaborate forms of the Romanian national folk ballad Miorița. Wikipedia
Born: March 17, 1819, Chișinău, Moldova
Died: February 5, 1859 (age 39 years), Iași, Romania
Place of burial: Saint Peter and Paul Church, Iași, Romania