Constantin Stamati (1786 – 12 September 1869) was a Romanian/Moldovan writer and translator. Born in Romania, we settled in Chişinău, Bessarabia (presently in Moldova) after the 1812 partition of Moldavia at the end of the Russo-Turkish War.  Read more..

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On January 15, 2019, the Post of Moldova had already put into circulation a series of six stamps devoted to different personalities of Romanian language, and a particular stamp evoking the writer Constantin Stamati (1786-1869). This stamp (2 L, print run: 50,000), designed by Elena Karachentseva, paid tribute to this Romanian writer and translator who came to settle in Bessarabia after the partition of Moldavia in 1812. He met the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin during his exile in Chişinău in 1820-1823 and his most important work was "Povestea poveştilor" ("The Tale of Tales"), an idealized description of Moldavia's beginnings in verse, published in 1843. Constantin Stamati was also a founding member of the Romanian Academy in 1866.. Read more..