Mircea Ciobanu (; born Mircea Sandu ; May 13, 1940 in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

– April 22, 1996 in Bucharest) was a

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n poet, writer, editor, translator and essayist. He is best remembered for his two volumes of interviews with HM

King Michael I of Romania Michael I ( ro, Mihai I ; 25 October 1921 – 5 December 2017) was the last King of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947. Shortly after Michael's ...

(a book widely reprinted by various editors in the early 1990s, later reunited in a single volume by "Humanitas" Publishing House), that offers the most complete insight in the King's political and personal way of thinking, to date.

Published works

* ''Imnuri pentru nesomnul cuvintelor'', E. P. L., Bucharest, 1966 * ''Patimile'', Editura Tineretului, Bucharest, 1968 * ''Martorii'', E. P. L., Bucharest, 1968 * ''Epistole I'', E. P. L., Bucharest, 1968 * ''Cartea fiilor'', Editura Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1970, 2nd edition at Editura Vitruviu, Bucharest, 1998 * ''Etica'', Editura Albatros, Bucharest, 1971 * ''Armura lui Thomas si alte epistole'', Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1971 * ''Martorii'', 2nd edition, completely revised, 1973 * ''Tăietorul de lemne'', Editura Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1974 * ''Cele ce sînt'', Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1974 * ''Istorii'', vol. I, Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1977, 2nd edition at Editura Vitruviu, Bucharest, 1999 * ''Istorii'', vol. II, Editura Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1978, 2nd edition at Editura Vitruviu, Bucharest, 1999 * ''Patimile'', Editura Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1979 * ''Istorii'', vol. III, Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1981, 2nd edition at Editura Vitruviu, Bucuharest, 1999 * ''Versuri'', Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1982 * ''Istorii'', vol. IV, Editura Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1983 * ''Vîntul Ahab'', Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1984. * ''Marele scrib'', Albatros, "Cele mai frumoase poezii" collection ("The Most Beautiful Poems"), Bucharest, 1985 * ''Istorii'', vol. V, Editura Eminescu, Bucharest, 1986 * ''Martorii. Epistole. Tăietorii de lemne'', Editura Minerva, Bucharest, 1988 * ''Viața lumii'', Editura Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1989 * ''Nimic fără Dumnezeu. Convorbiri cu Mihai I al României'' (''Nothing Without God. Talks With Michael I of Romania''), Humanitas, Bucharest, 1992 - vol. I * ''Nimic fără Dumnezeu. Noi convorbiri cu Mihai I al României'' (''Nothing Without God. New Talks With Michael I of Romania''), Humanitas, Bucharest, 1993 - vol. II * ''Tînărul bogat'' (vol. VI from ''Istorii''), Editura Cartea Românească, Bucharest, 1993 * ''Poeme'', Editura Princeps, Iași, 1994 * ''În fața neamului meu'' (''In Front of My Nation''), Editura Princeps, Iași, 1995, * ''La capătul puterilor. Însemnări pe Cartea lui Iov'', Editura Vitruviu, București, 1997 * ''Anul tăcerii'', Editura Vitruviu, București, 1997 * ''Convorbiri cu Regele Mihai I al României'' (''Talks with King Michael of Romania''), Humanitas, 2004, 3rd edition, (reunites vol. I and vol. II) * ''Convorbiri cu Mihai I al României'' (''Talks with Michael I of Romania''), Humanitas, 2008, 3rd edition, (reunites vol. I and vol. II)

References

* ''Streiflicht – Eine Auswahl zeitgenössischer rumänischer Lyrik'' (81 rumänische Autoren), - "Lumina piezișă", antologie bilingvă cuprinzând 81 de autori români în traducerea lui Christian W. Schenk, Dionysos Verlag 1994, * Eugen Simion, ''Scriitori români de azi'', vol. I, Editura Cartea Românească, 1974 (ediția I), 1978 (ed. a doua, revăzută / augm.). * Isabela Vasiliu-Scraba, ''MIRCEA CIOBANU - Poet din vremea lui Ahab'', vezi http://asymetria-anticariat.blogspot.ro/2014/08/izabela-vasiliu-scraba-mircea-ciobanu.html . * Mircea Zaciu, Marian Papahagi, Aurel Sassu, ''Dicționarul scriitorilor români'', A-C, Editura Fundației Culturale Române, fisa de Elena Tacciu (n. 1933, din 1991 in Israel), 1995 *Cristina Cioabă, ''Identitate și disoluție: introducere în opera lui Mircea Ciobanu'' - București, Universitatea București, Facultatea de Litere, 2006. - 337 p. ; 30 cm. - Teza de doctorat, Ed. Muzeul Literaturii Romane, 2010. Coord. prof. univ. dr. Paul Cornea. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciobanu, Mircea Romanian biographers Romanian male biographers Romanian essayists Romanian poets Romanian male poets 1940 births 1996 deaths 20th-century essayists