Țiganiada
| Author | Ion Budai-Deleanu |
|---|---|
| Original title | Țiganiada |
| Language | Romanian |
| Genre | Epic poem Narrative poetry Satire |
| Publisher | Biblioteca Academiei |
Publication date | 1925 |
| Publication place | Romania |
| Pages | 240 |
Țiganiada is a Romanian epic poem written by poet and scholar Ion Budai-Deleanu, the first epic poem written in the Romanian language. The poem features a fictionalized version of Vlad the Impaler's reign.
The heroicomical poem treats an allegorical subject with satirical, antifeudal and anticlerical tendencies, being a complex and unexpectedly modern literary work that contains a significant amount of Enlightenment ideas. Budai-Deleanu used Romanian words of Slavic origin to make it sound more ancient. It includes twelve songs in 1381 stanzas.