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Nichita Danilov (born April 7, 1952, in Climăuţi village, Suceava County) is a
Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
n poet. He served as the acting ambassador of Romania to
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in 1999.


Early life

Danilov graduated from the Architecture College and the Faculty of Economics in Iași. He made his debut in the ''Dialog'' literary review with a selection of poems.


Published works

* Cartesian Wells (Fîntîni carteziene), Junimea Publishing House, 1980 * Black Field (Cîmpul negru), Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, 1982 * Harlequins by the Edge of the Field (Arlechini la marginea cîmpului), Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, 1985 * Poems (Poeme), Junimea Publishing House, 1987; Over Things, Nothingness, (Deasupra lucrurilor, neantul), Cartea Romaneasca Publishing House, 1990 * Over Things, Nothingness – Au-Dessus Des Choses, Le Neant, (bilingual edition Romanian- French translated by Emanoil Marcu), Editura Axa, 1997, Botosani * Ragged Ear (Urechea de cîrpă), short stories and pamphlets, Boema, 1993 * Cardboard Apocalypse (Apocalipsa de carton), essays, Institutul European Publishing House 1995 * The Blind Bridegroom (Mirele orb), poems, Moldova Publishing House, 1996 * Hans Wife (Nevasta lui Hans), prose, Moldova Publishing House, 1996 * Scene with walls and doors (Peisaj cu ziduri și uși, bilingual edition Romanian- English, translated by Sean Cotter, SUA), poems, 2000, Augusta Publishing House * Souls from Second Hand (Suflete la Second Hand), poems, 1999, Vinea Publishing House, 2000 * In the desert and on the waters (În deșert și pe ape), poems, Prut International Publishing House 2001 Danilov's poems can also be found in the Anthology of Romanian Poets edited by Laurențiu Ulici, Anthology of the Poetry of the Generation of the 80s, edited by Alexandru Musina, Anthology of Romanian Poetry from Its Origins to the Present Time, edited by Dumitru Chioaru and Radu Văcărescu, The Romanian Writers' Dictionary, edited by the Romanian Academy, Contemporary Poetry, edited by Marin Mincu a.s.o. Some of his poems have been translated in other languages and published in several anthologies or literary magazines, or example Hungary, USA, Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, Spain, France, Latvia. Adam J. Sorkin, Sean Cotter, Brenda Walker, Elena Loghinovski, Maria Dinescu, Leons Briedis, Emanoil Marcu, Lidia Nasinek are some translators that have translated his poems. He is editor-in-chief of the bilingual (Romanian-Russian) literary magazine Kitej-grad and the main manager of the Iaşi Cultural House. He also works as a journalist for ''Ziarul de Iaşi''. He is also a member of the
Writers' Union of Romania The Writers' Union of Romania (), founded in March 1949, is a professional association of writers in Romania. It also has a subsidiary in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The Writers' Union of Romania was created by the communist regime by taking ...
(since 1980), a COPYRO member, and also a European PEN Club member.


Awards and honors

Danilov has been awarded several honors, including prizes from the Writers' Union of Romania (1980), the Iaşi Writers' Association (1982, 1985, 1991, 1995), the Soros Foundation Award (1995), and the Writers' Union of Moldova (1997, 2000).


External links


Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Danilov, Nichita 1952 births People from Suceava County Writers from Iași Ambassadors of Romania to Moldova Living people Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni Romanian people of Russian descent