Ion Creangă
Ion Creangă ( ; also known as Nică al lui Ștefan a Petrei , Ion Torcălău and Ioan Ștefănescu; March 1 , 1837 – December 31 , 1889 ) was a Moldavian , later Romanian writer , raconteur and schoolteacher . 
<triplet> Ion Creangă <subj> December 31, 1889 <obj> date of death