Nichita Stănescu
Nichita Stănescu was a Romanian poet and essayist.
Biography
Stănescu's father was Nicolae Hristea Stănescu. His mother, Tatiana Cereaciuchin, was Russian. Nichita Stănescu graduated from the Ion Luca Caragiale High School in Ploiești, then went on to study Romanian language and literature at the University of Bucharest, 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, which appeared under the Luceafărul selection, in 1960. He also was the recipient of numerous awards for his verse, the most important being the Herder Prize in 1975 and a nomination for the Nobel Prize in 1980. The last volume of poetry published in his lifetime was Noduri și semne, 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
- Herder Prize
- Romanian Academy's “Mihai Eminescu” Award
- Golden Wreath laureate of the Struga Poetry Evenings
- Elected post-mortem member of the Romanian Academy
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 Blejoi, Cluj-Napoca, Dej, Mogoșoaia, Pipera, Ploiești, and Vama Veche are named in his honor.
Volumes
- 1960 – Sensul iubirii
- 1964 – '
- 1965 – '
- 1966 – '
- 1967 –
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- 1968 – '
- 1969 –
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- 1970 – '
- 1972 –
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- 1978 – '
- 1979 – '
- 1980 – Carte de citire, carte de iubire
- 1982 – '
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- 1982 – ''Respirări''
Posthumous volumes
- 1984 – Album memorial
- 1985 – , Nichita Stănescu însoțit de Aurelian Titu Dumitrescu
- 1985 – Nichita Stănescu – Frumos ca umbra unei idei
- 1993 – Cântece la drumul mare, 1955–1960
- 1993 – Tânjiri spre firesc
- 1995 – Cărțile sibiline
- 1998 – Fel de scriere Noua frontieră a sufletului uman Scrisori
- 2013 - Jedino moj život, in Serbian