Vasile Cârlova
1809–1831 (age 22)
Biography
Vasile Cârlova was a Romanian poet of the early 19th century, born in Craiova in 1809. He contributed to the literary landscape of Wallachia during a formative period in Romanian cultural development, working within the Romantic traditions that were beginning to flourish in the region.
Cârlova's poetic works reflected the sensibilities of his era, engaging with themes relevant to Romanian intellectual circles of the 1820s. Though his life was brief, ending in 1831 at the age of 22, his contributions to Romanian letters remain part of the cultural heritage of his native Craiova.