Alexe (or Alexei) Mateevici (March 27, 1888-August 24, 1917) was a Romanian poet.

He was born in the town Căinari, in Eastern Bessarabia, which was part of the Russian Empire, but now is in the Republic of Moldova. He studied at the theological school of Chişinău, and published his first poems (Ţăranii (Peasants), Eu cânt (I sing), Ţara (The Country) in the newspaper Basarabia, where he also published two articles on Moldavian folklore. Mateevici later published several articles on 'religion in Moldavia.

Mateevici went on to study at the Theological Academy of Kiev, from which he graduated in 1914. In that year he married Teodora Borisovna Novitski. He returned to Chişinău, where he became a Greek language teacher at the theological school.

In the summer of 1917 Mateevici wrote several poems including Văd prăbuşirea, Cântec de leagăn (Cradle Song), Basarabenilor, Frunza nucului, Unora. On July 17, he wrote the poem Limba noastră (Our Language), today the national anthem of the Republic of Moldova.

Less than a month later he died of epidemic typhus.

Museum Alexei Mateevici from Cainari

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