Samson Bodnarescu
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Romania
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poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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He was a member of the cultural society Junimea
Junimea
Junimea was a Romanian literary society founded in Iaşi in 1863, through the initiative of several foreign-educated personalities led by Titu Maiorescu, Petre P. Carp, Vasile Pogor, Theodor Rosetti and Iacob Negruzzi...
and his poetry often reflected his idealistic philosophical views. This was demonstrated in the tragedy Rienzi, (1868) which was inspired by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and later Lăpuşneanu-vodă (1878-1879),