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Stanescu Nichita - Romanian poet
Nichita Stănescu (born Nichita Hristea Stănescu) (March 31, 1933, Ploieşti—December 13, 1983,Bucharest) was a Romanian poet and essayist. He is the most acclaimed contemporary Romanian language poet, beloved by the public and generally held in esteem by critics.

Nichita Stănescu Stănescu's mother was Russian, a fact which he commented upon on several occasions ([I was given life] by a Romanian peasant and a Russian woman). Nichita Stănescu finished high school in Ploieşti, and then went on to study Romanian language and literature in Bucharest, graduating in 1957. He made his literary debut in Tribuna magazine.

Throughout his life, he was an editor at Gazeta Literară, România Literară and Luceafărul.

His editorial debut was the poetry book Sensul iubirii ("The Aim of Love"), which appeared under the Luceafărul collection in 1960.

The last volume of poetry published in his lifetime was Noduri şi semne ("Knots and Signs"), published in 1982.

Nichita Stănescu received numerous awards for his poetry, the most important of which being the Herder Prize (1975) and a Nobel Prize nomination.

Unfortunately, he died relatively young, leaving behind a legendary name and some of the most important poetry in post-war Romanian literature such as:

O viziune a sentimentelor - "A Vision of Sentiments"
Dreptul la timp - "The Right to Time"
11 Elegii - "11 Elegies"
Necuvintele - "The Non-words"
Un pământ numit România - "A Land Called Romania"
Epica Magna
Opere imperfecte - "Imperfect Works"
Noduri şi semne - "Knots and Signs"
After his death and after the falling of the Iron Curtain, he was elected post-mortem member of the Romanian Academy.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichita_Stanescu
updated: 2006-03-30 07:56:53