Mihai Eminescu

Mihai Eminescu ; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna to study when
he was 19.