Ienăchiță Văcărescu

Ienăchiță Văcărescu
Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, portrait by Anton Chladek
Born1740 (1740)
DiedJuly 11, 1797(1797-07-11) (aged 57)
Resting placeBellu Cemetery
NationalityWallachian
Occupation(s)Poet, Writer
Notable workRomanian Grammar
PartnersEcaterina Caragea
Elena Rizo
ChildrenNicolae Văcărescu
Alecu Văcărescu
Parents
  • Stefan Văcărescu (father)
  • Ecaterina Donca (mother)
RelativesIanache Văcărescu (grandfather)
FamilyVăcărescu

Ienăchiță Văcărescu (Romanian pronunciation: [jenəˈkit͡sə vəkəˈresku]; 1740 – 11 July 1797) was a Wallachian Romanian poet, historian, philologist, and boyar belonging to the Văcărescu family. A polyglot, he was able to speak Ancient and Modern Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Arabic, Persian, French, German, Italian, and Ottoman Turkish.