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Elena Văcărescu, or Hélène Vacaresco (September 21, 1864 in Bucharest – February 17, 1947 in Paris), was a Romanian-French aristocrat writer, twice a laureate of the Académie française.
Elena Văcărescu (n. 21 septembrie 1864, București, Principatele Unite Române – d. 17 februarie 1947, Paris, Franța) a fost o scriitoare română stabilită în Franța, membră de onoare a Academiei Române, laureată în două rânduri cu premiul Academiei Franceze. A avut o bogată activitate politică și literară la Paris .
Elena (also spelled Hélène; 1866–1947), a niece of Iancu, was a poet and novelist who wrote in French. A maid of honour of Queen Elizabeth of Romania, she had a love affair with the Crown Prince (afterward King) Ferdinand; the marriage was opposed by King Carol I, and Elena was exiled to Paris, where she spent the rest of her life.
Elena Văcărescu gained notoriety as a writer and translator, but also as a veritable ambassador of Romanian culture in the world. As a member of Romanian aristocracy, she received a prestigious education from an early age.
Just before her death, Văcărescu was a member of the Gheorghe Tătărescu-headed Romanian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War II. She is interred in the Văcărescu family crypt in the Bellu cemetery in Bucharest. "Elena Văcărescu."
PORTRET: Elena Văcărescu – prima femeie primită în Academie, „poeta neliniştii divine”. Povestea sfâşietoare de dragoste cu regele Ferdinand. 17 Februarie 2022, 06:00. Motto: „N-a fost niciodată despărțită de țara în limba căreia n-a scris (…).
Elena Văcărescu or Hélène Vacaresco (September 21, 1864 in Bucharest – February 17, 1947 in Paris) was a Romanian-French diplomat and lady of letters. Born to a famously literary family of Romanian aristocracy, she was a gained early notice as a writer by Victor Hugo and Carmen Sylva (Elisabeth of Wied, queen consort of Romania).
