Radu Stanca (March 5, 1920 – December 26, 1962) was a

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n poet, playwright, theatre director, theatre critic and theoretician. He was born in

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and died in Cluj-Napoca. Stanca was member of the

Sibiu Literary Circle The Sibiu Literary Circle ( ro, Cercul literar de la Sibiu) was a literary group created during World War II in Sibiu to promote the modernist liberal ideas of Eugen Lovinescu. The group was formed around Lucian Blaga and other intellectuals fr ...

, a movement of young poets and essayists who tried, between 1946–1948, to rejuvenate the main literary style and aesthetical thinking. In 1947 he received the ''Lovinescu'' award for his

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''Dona Juana''. One of the leading Romanian theatres is the ''

Radu Stanca National Theatre The Radu Stanca National Theatre ( ro, Teatrul Național "Radu Stanca" Sibiu, abbreviation: TNRS) is a theatre in Sibiu, Romania, which began construction in 1788. It is one of the longest-standing theatres in Romania and one of the main structures ...

'' in

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References

Ion Vartic, ''Radu Stanca. Poezie și teatru'', București, Ed. Albatros, 1978 Romanian dramatists and playwrights Romanian essayists Romanian writers 1920 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Romanian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century essayists {{Romania-writer-stub