Nicolae Esinencu (13 August 1940 – 25 April 2016) was a Moldovan poet, screenwriter and writer. He was born in Chiţcani, in the Teleneşti district of Moldova, which was then part of the

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...

. Esinencu attended the

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (russian: Литературный институт им. А. М. Горького) is an institution of higher education in Moscow. It is located at 25 Tverskoy Boulevard in central Moscow. History The inst ...

in Moscow between 1971 and 1975, then his first writing credit was for co-writing the screenplay for

Vlad Ioviță Vlad Ioviţă (December 25, 1935, Cocieri, USSR - June 23, 1983, Chişinău, Moldavian SSR) was a film director from Moldova also known as a writer and publicist. Biography Vlad Ioviţă was born on December 25, 1935, in Cocieri. He received ...

's 1975 film ''Calul, pușca și nevasta''. The two then collaborated on other projects. In 2010, friends organised a celebration for his seventieth birthday and true to his reputation as a "terrible child" he did not turn up. He was a member of the Moldovan Writers' Union and 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 taki ...

. He died on April 25, 2016.

Selected writings

* ''Antene'' (1968) * ''Sacla'' (1968) * ''Sens'' (1969) * ''Portocala'' (1970) * ''Toi'' (1972) * ''Dealuri'' (1974) * ''Era vremea să iubim'' (1977) * ''Copilul teribil'' (1979) * ''Stai să-ți mai spun'' (1983) * ''Cuvinte de chemat fetele'' (1986)

Filmography

* ''Calul, pușca și nevasta'' (co-written with

; 1975) * ''Făt-Frumos (''2 episodes; 1977) * ''Căruța ''(short film; 1978) * ''La porțile Satanei ''(co-written with Vlad Ioviță; 1980) * ''

Tunul de lemn ''Tunul de lemn'' ( English: The Wooden Cannon) is a 1986 Soviet drama film directed by Vasile Brescanu. Plot The movie follows the life of an elderly man, David, who lives with his daughter-in-law, Maria, in their rural home by an unspecifie ...

'' (1986) * ''Tălpile verzi'' (short film; 1987) * ''Adio, viață de holtei'' (short film; 1988)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esinencu, Nicolae 1940 births 2016 deaths People from Telenești District Moldovan screenwriters Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni Moldovan male writers Moldovan poets Male poets