Who was the writer Alecu Donici?

The first years 

   January 19, 1806, The greatest Romanian fable poet Alecu (Alexandru) Donici is born in the village of Piatra-Bezin, Orhei, Bessarabia. Today the village of Piatra-Bezin is named after him: the village of Donici. He is the first of the four boys of the Donici family. The father is Dimitrie Donici, and the mother, Elena Donici, was born Lambrino.

   January 1, 1808, His brother Petrache Donici is born (died 1872)

Adolescence

   January 1, 1819 - January 1, 1825, Alecu Donici and his brother Petrache graduated from St. Petersburg Military High School.

   February 20, 1819, Together with his brother Petrache, Alecu Donici is enrolled in the Cadet High School no. 1 of St. Petersburg.

   January 1, 1821 - January 1, 1822, The Donici family moves to Chisinau.

   April 23, 1825, The father of the fabulist, Dimitrie Donici, dies at the age of 46, from tuberculosis.

   April 28, 1825, Alecu Donici is sent as a lieutenant in the Ekaterinburg regiment, deployed in southern Bessarabia.

Youth

   January 30, 1826, Alecu Donici is released from military service for family reasons.

   January 1, 1829 - January 1, 1830, Alecu Donici is a civil servant in the civil administration, then an adviser at the Civil Court in Chisinau.

   January 1, 1829 - January 1, 1830, Alecu Donici participates in the fight against the plague epidemic in Bessarabia, being a member of the commission from Ciuciuleni, organized for this purpose.

   November 4, 1829, In Iasi, the fable's uncle after his father, Andronache Donici (born in 1760), dies

   July 7, 1831, Alecu Donici is elected assessor of the nobility in the Regional Court of Conscience. He held this position for 3 years.

   January 1, 1835, A. Hajdeu's article "Literati bessarabiens" appears in the Moscow magazine "Teleskop", in which Alecu Donici is presented as a talented translator of I. Kralov's fables and Alexander Pushkin's poem Gypsies.

   January 1, 1835, He marries Maria, the daughter of Costache Rosseti-Balanescu, who dies quickly and leaves him with two children.

December 1, 1835, Alecu Donici settles in the Principality of Moldavia, in Iasi.

Literary debut

   January 1, 1837, The poem Gypsies by A. Puskin is printed in Bucharest, translated by Alecu Donici.

   January 1, 1839, In ​​"Albina romaneasca" appears the poem Amoriu si prietesug by Alecu Donici

Editorial debut

   January 1, 1840, The volume Fables appears. Book I by Alecu Donici at Cantora "Dacia literare". Here are the fables: The eagle and the bee, The cricket and the ant, The wolf and the cuckoo, The geese, The fox and the badger, The eagle and the peacock, Parnassus, The mummy and two mates, crab, Cancer, frog and pike, The man with three women, The fox and the donkey, The hunting lion, The punished fox, The comb, The donkey, Arvinte's burial ground, The fox in the orchard, The fox in the orchard, The ruling elephant, The donkey and the nightingale, the wolf, the lime tree and the oaks, the squirrel. Mihail Kogalniceanu reproduces from this collection in the first volume of "Literary Dacia" some fables: Arvinte's Anthem, The Man with Three Women, The Geese, The Nazarene Wolf, The Donkey, The Mummy and Two Mates, Parnassus, The Fox and the Badger, The Punished Fox.

Maturity

   January 1, 1840 - January 1, 1845, From this period dates a dramatic fragment belonging to Donici and was published under the title Guraleiul.

   June 1, 1840 In "Curierul romanesc" from Bucharest and in "Foaie pentru minte, inima si literatura" from Brasov are reprinted fables The man with three women, Gastele, Momita and two mates.

    June 22, 1840 Alecu Donici donates 100 copies of the published volume to the Epitropy of Public Education in Moldova.

   January 1, 1841 Alecu Donici marries Profira, the daughter of the  Scarlat Krupenski. They will have 10 children.

   January 1, 1841, Alecu Donici and his new wife, Profira, settle in Piatra-Neamt.

   January 1, 1841, In "Sheet for Mind, Heart and Literature" are reprinted from Fables. Book I the following: Arvinte's Burial, The Punished Fox, The Nazarene Wolf, The Wolf and the Cuckoo, The Wolf and the Wolf, The Donkey, Parnassus, The Pizmatar and the Snake, Cancer, the Frog and the Pike.

   April 1, 1841 He publishes in "Albina romaneasca" (The Romanian bee) the fables: The author and the thief; Ant.

   January 1, 1842 Alecu Donici travels to Bucharest where he meets the poet and fabulist Grigore Alexandrescu.

   January 1, 1842 Fables appear. Book I second edition and Fables. Book II, Iasi, at Cantora "Foaiei satesti" with 25 fables: The establishment of the fable, The Wolf and the cat, The mouse and the goblin, The miller, The ant, The flowers, The river and the pond, The tycoon, The bat and the swallows, The perishing wolf, Two dogs, The horse and the donkey, The partition, The mountain, The wolf and the mouse, The spendthrift and the swallow, The iron and the silver, The oracle, Luck visiting, The poet and the rich man and 5 poems: Mr Grigore Alexandrescu. At the end of the fable Raul and the Pond, The Author and the Thief, Friendship and Love, Epigram, First Day of April.

   January 1, 1842 In "Sheet for Mind, Heart and Literature" were reproduced from Fables. Book II: The Iron and the Silver, The Establishment of the Fable, The Wolf and the Mouse, The Bear in the Hedgehog.

   January 1, 1842, In the "Calendar for the Romanian people for the year 1842" appears the fable Varul primary.

   June 16, 1842, Alecu Donici donates 100 copies of Fables to the Epitropy of Public Teachings. Book II and 10 copies of Poems by G. Alexandrescu, also printed at the Cantora "Foaiei satesti".

   January 1, 1844 In the magazine "Propasirea. Foaie stiintifica si literara" the fables are published: Pastorul si mosarul, Musca si poezia Gandul - this being also reproduced in "Curier de ambe sexe" - part of the translation of the story Tunsul si Satira to his mind , translated from Antioh Cantemir, made in collaboration with C. Negruzzi.

   January 1, 1844, the volume Satire and other poetic compositions by Prince Antioh Cantemir appears in Iasi, translated in collaboration with C. Negruzzi.

   January 1, 1844, in "Sheet for Mind, Heart and Literature" are reproduced the Life of Prince Antiochus Cantemir and Satire to his mind in Satire and other poetic compositions by Antiochus Cantemir.

   January 1, 1844 In "Calendar for the Romanian people in 1844" the fables Paingul si bondarul si Braminul by Alecu Donici are published.

   January 1, 1845 In "Albina romaneasca" the fable Adevarul sau cucosul de la moara is published.

   January 1, 1845 In "Calendar for the Romanian people in 1845" appears the full translation of the story Tunsul.

   January 1, 1847 In "Albina romaneasca" appear the fables Bricele si Cainele latrand, this being published simultaneously in "Curierul romanesc" and in "Foaie pentru minte, inima si literatura".

July 7, 1847, Alecu Donici appears in a public document as aga, president of the tribunal. May 18, 1850 Alecu Donici is appointed president of the Neamt District Court. On September 25, 1850 Alecu Donici is promoted to the position of member of the Court of Appeal. November 1, 1850 Donici begins his activity as a member of the Court of Appeal. January 1, 1851 The fables Bondarul misanthrope are published in "Zimbrul" and Umbra si omul in "Calendar pentru poporul romanesc pe anul 1851". 01 August 1851 Donici is appointed, by the royal office by Grigorie Ghica, president of the Divan of Fortifications. January 1, 1852 In "Calendar for the Romanian people in 1852" appear the fables Two Eats and a Child and Passers-by and Puppies. January 1, 1852, By royal office, Alecu Donici is appointed to a commission in charge of printing the Chronicle of the Romanians by Gheorghe Sincai. January 22, 1852, Alecu Donici is elected a member of the Public Divan, remaining at the same time president of the Strengthening Divan. January 1, 1853 In "Calendar for the Romanian people in 1853" the fable Vulpea duioasa is published, and in the newspaper "Saptamana" edited by Costache Negruzzi the fable Capra si iada. January 1, 1853 Alecu Donici is conferred the rank of vornic. January 1, 1853 - January 1, 1854 In the newspaper "Saptamana" are reprinted the fables: Squirrel, Arvinte's Burial, Fox and Badger, The Man with Three Women, Geese, Cricket and Ant, Lion and Rabbit, Nazar Wolf, Wolf and Cuckoo, Fox and the donkey, the eagle and the bee, the eagle and the paing, the fox in the orchard, the wolf and the wolf, the donkey, the donkey and the nightingale, the bait and two mate, Parnassus, the comb, punished, Cancer, frog and pike January 1, 1854 In the collection of verses printed this year in Oradea Mare "Versuintii romani, adeca Culesiune versoaria d'in Foiele nacionale de la anul 1838"; the fables were reproduced: Parnassus, The Punished Fox, The Donkey, The Wolf and the Cuckoo, Cancer, the Frog and the Pike, The Wolf and the Wolf, The Establishment of the Fable, Iron and Silver. January 1, 1855 In "Romania literara" edited by Vasile Alecsandri, his fables Turma si cainele, Nada si chiticul, Stiuca si motanul are published. January 1, 1855 In the "Calendar for the Romanian people in 1855" appears the translation of the article Black Sea and its surroundings by Alecu Donici. January 1, 1855 In the "Predictive Calendar ... of the famous astronomer Cazimia for the year 1855" appears the interpretation of the story Tunsul. A real coincidence in Wallachia. July 1, 1855 - August 1, 1855 Alecu Donici travels to Paris, where he takes his two children to study but also to take care of his health. December 29, 1855 Together with Costache Negruzzi and Gheorghe Asachi, the writer Alecu Donici is elected a member of the Theater Committee, which recommends plays to be staged at the National Theater. January 1, 1856 Alecu Donici publishes the fable Teiul si stejarii in the newspaper "Nepartinitorul" and Vaporul si calul in "Steaua Dunarii". January 1, 1856 Alecu Donici is appointed to a commission to investigate the authenticity of a Historical Fragment, published by G. Boldur-Costachi. January 1, 1857 In the "Calendar for the Romanian people" published in Brasov, the fable Turma and the dog by Alecu Donici is published, then reproduced in "Sheet for mind, heart and literature". January 1, 1857 In the "Calendar for the Romanian people in 1857" published in Iasi, the fable Frunzele si radacina and the poem Stelele by Alecu Donici are published. January 1, 1857 The poem La Buciumul written by Alecu Donici appears in the newspaper "Buciumul". January 1, 1857 The fable Presura by Alecu Donici appears in the newspaper "Opiniunea". January 1, 1858 In Iasi appears the volume Satire and other poetic compositions by Prince Antiochus Cantemir, second edition. January 1, 1858 In "Steaua Dunarii" the fables Lupul nazar and Lupul batran are published. January 1, 1858 The fable Lupul batran appears in the newspaper "Zimbrul si Vulturul". January 1, 1858 From this year dates a manuscript edited by the fabulist: Fables. Complete edition by Aleco Donici. January 1, 1860 In the newspaper "Tribuna romana" the fables Broasca and the god and the bear Butnari appear. January 1, 1860 The fable Jderul si cacomul appears in "Revista Carpatilor". February 1, 1860 Alecu Donici is elected deputy for the Elective Assembly of Moldavia from the Neamt district. March 1, 1860 - April 1, 1860 January 1, 1861 Alecu Donici publishes in the newspaper "Viitorul" the fables: Chariots with pots, Pike and cat, Herd and dog, Musts and bees as well as a fragment from the Memorial of Brigadier Maureau de Brasey about the battle of 1711 from Stanilesti on the Prut, in Russian translation.

January 1, 1861 In "Revista Carpatilor" appears the fable Mustele and the bee by Alecu Donici.

   January 1, 1861 The fable Carele cu oale by Alecu Donici is reprinted in "Revista romana".

   January 1, 1861 In the newspaper "Dacia" is reproduced the fable Liliacul and the swallows written by Alecu Donici.

   January 1, 1862, Alecu Donici publishes in "Revista Romana" some fables and poems: The desire of the Romanian from 1862, La Ceahlau, The Merchant, The Torrents and the People (translation from the Russian poet M. Lermontov)

   March 7, 1862 By royal decree, Alecu Donici is appointed section prosecutor at the Court of Cassation.

Last years

   January 1, 1863 In "Revista romana" the article "Note about Eparhia Basarabiei" by A. Zasciuk appears in Alecu Donici's translation.

   January 1, 1863, In the "Romanian Reader" composed by Aron Pumnul (volume 2; part I) is reprinted the fable Fire and the wax statue from Satire and other poetic compositions by Prince Antiochus Cantemir. Also here are published the fables Imparteala and Muntele.

   January 1, 1863 The fable Ariciul and the book by Alecu Doncii are published in the newspaper "Independenta romana".

   January 1, 1863 In the magazine "Amicul scolii" from Sibiu were reproduced the poems written by Alecu Donici: Torrents and people, At the grave of a doctor.

   January 1, 1864 In "Lepturariu rumanesc" (volume 4; part I) are reprinted the fables signed by Alecu Donici: Florile, Galbenul, Gastele, Lupul si cucul, Pizmaretul si sarpele, Raul si helesteul, Vulpea si bursucul, Vulpea si magarul, Vulturul and the bee.

   January 1, 1865 In Chisinau, A. Popov's printing house sees the light of day The primitive Romanian language course for primary and lower secondary school classes by I. Doncev, which included Alecu Donici's fables: Galbanul, Greierul si ant, Stigletul and the woodpecker, the fox in the orchard, the punished fox, the linden tree and the oaks, the fox and the donkey, the lion and the rabbit, the geese, the fox and the badger, the crab, the frog and the pike, two octopuses. Some of these fables, Galbanul, Greierul si ant, Stigletul si ciocarlanul, Vulpea in livada, Cancer, broasca si puca, Doua poloboace were also included in Abeceda rumana, composed for elementary schools by the same I. Doncev and printed in Chisinau.

The end

   January 21, 1865 Alecu Donici dies in Piatra-Neamt, at the age of 59.

 The source: viatasiopera.ro

the source of photo: Biblioteca N. Titulescu