Dosoftei, a Moldavian Bishop, in 1673, published the first Romanian metrical psalter, the earliest colection poems written in Romanian. Other translations from Greek and Slavonic books were printed later in the 16th century. The first book printed in the Romanian language was a Protestant catechism of Deacon Coresi in 1559, printed by Filip Moldoveanul. The first book printed in the Romanian Principalities was a Slavonic religious book in 1508 at Dealu Monastery. Stamp with the Romanian Literature Museum in Chișinău Beginning of Writing and Publishing in Romanian Reformation era literature Particulatly of notice is 'The Teachings of Neagoe Basarab to his son Theodosie,' a series of teachings on Morality and Politics, written between 15, by the Wallachian Lord Neagoe Basarab, a work written within the spirit of the Renaissance and considered one of the Oldest great works of South-Eastern European Literature.

In the meantime, numerous translations in Slavonic and Greek of popular Medival romances were in circulation across the Danubian Principalities, like the Alexander Romance and Barlaam and Josaphat.

Also by the 15th century many copies of meddieval slavonic texts have been done by the scribes of the Danubian Principalities. The Earliest dated texts in Slavonic originally from Wallachia and Moldavia consisting of a series of Religious Songs by Nicodim & Filotei and a Hagiographical text by Grigore Țamblâc, all being dated between 1385 to 1391. The Script of Old Church Slavonic beggins to be used in the territories of current day Romania as early as the 10th Century, with the oldest surviving manuscrips being dated as far back as the 12th Century. The Romanian oral literature includes doine (lyric songs), balade ( ballads), hore (dance songs), colinde (carols), basme ( fairy tales), snoave ( anecdotes), vorbe ( proverbs), and ghicitori ( riddles). The development of the Romanian literature took place in parallel with that of a rich Romanian folklore - lyric, epic, dramatic and didactic - which continued in modern times. Romanian literature ( Romanian: Literatura română) is literature written by Romanian authors, although the term may also be used to refer to all literature written in the Romanian language or by any authors native to Romania.

De Anima 75 by Ileana Mălăncioiu