Gheorghe Asachi

Japanese: アサキ（英語表記）Gheorghe Asachi

1788‐1869
The founder of modern education in Moldova, eastern Romania. At a time when general education was provided by churches and foreign (Greek) schools, he was the first in Moldova to offer practical classes in Romanian (1813), and contributed to the awakening of national consciousness. He also published the first newspaper in Moldova, realized the performance of plays in the mother tongue, and wrote works (poems, historical dramas, etc.) with a strong classical influence, but in his later years he became politically conservative and opposed the unification of Wallachia and Moldova. He is also famous for his historical novel, The White Valley (1855).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1788‐1869
ルーマニア東部，モルドバにおける近代教育の創始者。一般教育が教会や外国人(ギリシア人)学校で行われていたころ，モルドバではじめてルーマニア語による実学中心の授業を開講し(1813)，民族意識の覚醒に貢献した。またモルドバで最初の新聞を発行し，母語による戯曲の上演を実現させ，自らも古典主義的な色彩の濃い作品(詩，史劇等)を書いたが，晩年には政治的に保守的になり，ワラキアとモルドバの統一に反対した。歴史小説《白い谷》(1855)なども有名。

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