Nichita Stănescu
Romanian poet and essayist
Nichita Stănescu was a Romanian poet and essayist. Wikipedia
Born: March 31, 1933, Ploiești, Romania
Died: December 13, 1983 (age 50 years), Bucharest, Romania
Spouse: Todorița Tărâță (m. 1982–1983), Doina Ciurea (m. 1962–1972), and Magdalena Petrescu (m. 1952–1953)
Parents: Tatiana Cereaciuchin and Nicolae H. Stănescu
Awards: Herder Prize, 1975; Golden Wreath Struga Poetry Evenings, 1982
Political party: Romanian Communist Party
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“No one reads Nichita Stănescu” is a five-word poem; it is a lament, my lament, but I need not cry it in his homeland of Romania. There, he is revered by ...
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