Andrei Mureșanu

Andrei Mureşanu ( born November 16, 1816 in Bistrita, Transylvania, † October 12, 1863 in Brasov or Sibiu) was a Romanian poet and revolutionary.

Life

From 1825 he attended the High School of Piaristen Order in Bistrita and studied philosophy and theology in 1832 at Blaj Timotei Cipariu and George Barit. In 1838 he began as a professor in Kronstadt. From 1839, he published articles and poems in Barits newspaper Foaie pentru minte, Inima şi literatura (music for the mind, heart, and literature). Mureşanu was a translator of many German authors such as Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Martin Wieland, Gottfried August Bürger and Jean Paul.

He has also been active politically. He represented not so much liberal but rather national views. In 1848 he took part in the revolution. He was a delegate of the city Braşov on the big public meeting in Blaj in May 1848. During this time he wrote the poem Desteapta - te, române! , Which immediately became popular. The poem was formed in 1989 the text of the Romanian national anthem.

1848/49 he published again in Barit. In the spring he fled to Ploiesti and shortly thereafter in the Bukovina. After the Revolution, he worked as a translator in Sibiu and published in Telegraful novel. In 1862 he published an anthology of his poems.

Works

• SIMPATIE la Viena; 1839
• Un Rama bun de la Brasov ( A farewell from Kronstadt ); 1840
• Cele Două căpăţâni goale; 1843
• O privire peste lume; 1845
• Un răsunet ( Echoes ); renamed Desteapta - te, române! ( " Awake, Romanian! "); 1848
• Omul frumos; 1849
• Catre martirii Români din 1848-1849 ( About Romanian martyrs 1848-1849 ); 1850
• Eremitul din carpati; 1854
• Mintea
• Glasul italiano unui