 By then, Urechia had also begun collaborating with the younger anti-"Junimist" and later Symbolist poet Alexandru Macedonski.In 1881, Minister Urechia granted Macedonski the "Bene-Merenti" medal 1st class, even though, Călinescu argues, the poet had been a civil servant for no more than 18 months.A year later, he appointed Macedonski to the post of Historical Monuments Inspector.