Ion Heliade Rădulescu

Ion Heliade Rădulescu (January 6, 1802 – April 27, 1872) was a Wallachian, later Romanian academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician. He is considered one of the foremost champions of Romanian culture from the first half of the 19th century. Adopting an original form of conservatism, he emphasized the role of the aristocratic...