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Nichita Stănescu (; born Nichita Hristea Stănescu; 31 March 1933 – 13 December 1983) was a
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n poet and essayist.


Biography

Stănescu's father was Nicolae Hristea Stănescu (1908–1982). His mother, Tatiana Cereaciuchin, was Russian (originally from
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, she had fled Russia and married in 1931). Nichita Stănescu graduated from the Ion Luca Caragiale High School in
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, then went on to study Romanian language and literature at the
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, graduating in 1957. He made his literary debut in the ''Tribuna'' literary magazine. Stănescu married Magdalena Petrescu in 1952, but the couple separated a year later. In 1962 he married Doina Ciurea. In 1982 he married Todorița "Dora" Tărâță. For much of his career, Stănescu was a contributor to and editor of ''Gazeta Literară'', '' România Literară'', and '' Luceafărul''. His editorial debut was the poetry book '' Sensul iubirii'' ("The Aim of Love"), which appeared under the ''Luceafărul'' selection, in 1960. He also was the recipient of numerous awards for his verse, the most important being the
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in 1975 and a nomination for the
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in 1980. The last volume of poetry published in his lifetime was ''Noduri și semne'' ("Knots and Signs"), published in 1982. A heavy drinker, he died of cardiopulmonary arrest. He is buried in Bucharest's Bellu Cemetery.


Awards

* The Romanian Writers' Union Award (1964, 1969, 1972, 1975) *
Herder Prize The Herder Prize (), named after the German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), was a prestigious international prize awarded every year from 1964 to 2006 to scholars and artists from Central and Southeast Europe whose life and wor ...
(1975) * Romanian Academy's “Mihai Eminescu” Award (1975) * Golden Wreath laureate of the
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(1982) * Elected post-mortem member of the
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Legacy

There is a national poetry festival and an award named Stănescu in his honor. There are high schools named after him in Ploiești and in Sector 3 of Bucharest. Streets in
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,
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, Dej,
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, Pipera ( Voluntari), Ploiești, and Vama Veche are named in his honor.


Volumes

* 1960 – '' Sensul iubirii'' ("The Meaning of Love") * 1964 – ' ("A Vision of Feelings") * 1965 – ' ("The Right to Time") * 1966 – ' ("11 Elegies") * 1967 – **' ("Vertical Red"), **', **' ("The Egg and the Sphere") * 1968 – ' * 1969 – **' ("The Unwords"), **' ("A Land Called Romania") * 1970 – ' ("In Sweet Classical Style") * 1972 – **' ("The Re-reading Book") **' ("Five Friends in Belgrade") **' ("The Greatness of Cold") * 1978 – ' * 1979 – ' ("Imperfect Works") * 1980 – ''Carte de citire, carte de iubire'' ("Book for Reading, Book for Loving") * 1982 – ' ("Crying Bones") * 1982 – ' ("Knots and Marks") * 1982 – ''Respirări'' ("Breaths")


Posthumous volumes

* 1984 – ''Album memorial'' ("Memorial Album") * 1985 – '', Nichita Stănescu însoțit de Aurelian Titu Dumitrescu'' ("Antimetaphysics, Nichita Stănescu accompanied by Aurelian Titu Dumitrescu") * 1985 – ''Nichita Stănescu – Frumos ca umbra unei idei'' ("Nichita Stănescu – Beautiful as the Shadow of an Idea") * 1993 – ''Cântece la drumul mare, 1955–1960'' ("Songs on the Open Road, 1955–1960") * 1993 – ''Tânjiri spre firesc'' ("Longings toward the Usual") * 1995 – ''Cărțile sibiline'' ("The Sibylline Books") * 1998 – ''Fel de scriere'' ("A Kind of Writing") * ''Noua frontieră a sufletului uman'' ("The New Frontier of the Human Spirit") * '' Scrisori'' ("Letters") * 2013 - ''Jedino moj život (My Life Only),'' in Serbian


Presence in English Language Anthologies

* ''Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry - 400 de ani de poezie românească'' - bilingual edition - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul & Eva Foster - Editura Minerva, 2019 - \ * ''Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present'' - bilingual edition English/Romanian - Daniel Ioniță (editor and principal translator) with Daniel Reynaud, Adriana Paul and Eva Foster - Australian-Romanian Academy Publishing - 2020 - ;


Further reading

* Eugen Simion, ''Scriitori români de azi'', vol. I, Bucharest, Editura
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, 1978 * Ion Pop, ''Nichita Stănescu – spațiul și măștile poeziei'', Bucharest, Editura Albatros, 1980 * Alex. Ștefănescu, ''Introducere în opera lui Nichita Stănescu'', Bucharest, Editura Minerva, 1986 * Daniel Dimitriu, ''Nichita Stănescu – geneza poemului'', Iași, Editura Universității Al. Ioan Cuza, 1997 * Doina Uricariu, ''Nichita Stănescu – lirismul paradoxal'', Bucharest, Editura Du Style, 1998 * Corin Braga, ''Nichita Stănescu – orizontul imaginar'', Cluj, Editura Dacia, 2002 * Mircea Bârsilă, ''Introducere în poetica lui Nichita Stănescu'', Pitești, Editura Paralela 45, 2006


References


External links

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in Persian anthology of world poetry {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanescu, Nichita 1933 births 1983 deaths People from Ploiești Romanian people of Russian descent University of Bucharest alumni Romanian male poets Romanian male essayists 20th-century Romanian poets 20th-century Romanian essayists 20th-century Romanian male writers Herder Prize recipients Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath laureates Members of the Romanian Academy elected posthumously Burials at Bellu Cemetery