Liviu Damian (13 March 1935, Corlăteni,

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— 20 July 1986, Chişinău,

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, cultural person, Romanian writer and translator from the

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, a representative of the generation of the 1960s. A street in

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, is named after him, as well as the Liviu Damian lyceum in

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Works

*''Darul fecioarei'' (1963) *''Sunt verb'' (1968) *''Partea noastră de zbor'' (1974) *''De-a Baba-Oarba'' (1977) *''Mândrie şi răbdare'' (1977) *''Altoi pe o tulpină vorbitoare'' (1978) *''Salcâmul din prag'' (1979) *''Inima şi tunetul'' (1981) *''Coroana de umbră'' (1982) *''Scrieri alese'', I, II (1985) *''Poezii şi poeme'' (1986)

External links

Liviu DAMIAN

References

1935 births 1986 deaths Moldovan writers Moldovan male writers People from Rîșcani District {{Moldova-bio-stub