Constantin Stamati

Constantin Stamati (1786 – 12 September 1869) was a

Stamati became a civil servant and official translator under the first

He made the acquaintance of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin at the time of latter's exile to Chişinău in 1820–1823. Stamati's most important work, Povestea poveştilor ("The Tale of Tales"), an idealized description of Moldavia's beginnings in verse, was published in Iaşi in 1843. His other works include contemporary satires and glorifications of Moldavia's past.

In 1866, he became one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy.

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