Mihail Moxa

Mihail Moxa (Romanian pronunciation: [mihaˈil ˈmoksa]; after 1550–before 1650) was a Wallachian historiographer and translator. Nothing is known about his family, but Moxa was probably from the Oltenia region, and was a monk at the Bistrița Monastery. He knew Old Church Slavonic well, translating religious texts into Romanian in a colorful and fluent style. He compiled the first extant chronicle in Romanian.[1]

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  1. Aurel Sasu (ed.), Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române, vol. II, p. 151. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. ISBN 973-697-758-7
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