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  • (Among the latter, eventually, was Alexander Sengopoulos, known as Aleko, who was very possibly the illegitimate son of one of Cavafy's brothers ” acquaintances remarked on a striking family resemblance ” and would eventually be his heir.)

    'As Good as Great Poetry Gets' Mendelsohn, Daniel 2008

  • Among Rachmaninoff's works are three operas, "Aleko," "The Miser

    Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Paul Rosenfeld 1918

  • After playing his first concerto for his graduation as a piano student (1891), he stayed on to earn a composition degree, writing his first opera, Aleko (1892).

    Five People Born on April Fool’s Day | myFiveBest 2010

  • Old Aleko was a writer from Svishtov, one of the most famous Bulgarian writers of all time.

    11-16-06 Totally Unpronounceable Maxwell Woods 2007

  • Old Aleko was a writer from Svishtov, one of the most famous Bulgarian writers of all time.

    Archive 2007-10-07 Maxwell Woods 2007

  • The hero, Aleko, is "fleeing from the law on account of having committed a crime of violence"; this fact presages his committing another during the action of the poem, the murder of Zemfira and her lover.

    Slavism Karlinsky, Simon 1971

  • Mr. Wilson is partly right, of course, although his insight has been a commonplace of Pushkin criticism for generations: Aleko indeed has a dark and lawless past and a cruel, vindictive nature; his violent crime is thus adequately prepared for psychologically, if only by hints and undeveloped allusions.

    Slavism Karlinsky, Simon 1971

  • [Declaims] "Do not be angry, Aleko ... forget, forget, thy dreams of yore. ..."

    Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • I was continually haunted by Aleko, the young gipsy -- 'Where art thou going, young handsome man?

    The Torrents of Spring Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • Scramble around the huge boulders of the stone rivers near Aleko site or Zlatnite Mostove site, or try to climb Cherni Vrah Black Peak, Vitosha's pride at 2,290 meters elevation and enjoy the view.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

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