Alecu Russo

Who was Alecu Russo?

Alecu Russo, was a Moldavian Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist.

Russo is credited with having discovered one of the most elaborate forms of the Romanian national folk ballad Mioriţa. He was also a contributor to the Iaşi periodical Zimbrul, in which he published one of his best-known works, Studie Moldovană, in 1851-1852.

He also wrote Iaşii şi locuitorii lui în 1840 "Iaşi and its inhabitants in 1840" - a glimpse into Moldavian society during the Organic Statute administration, and two travel accounts, Piatra Teiului and Stânca Corbului.

Russo is also notable for his Amintiri, a memoir.