Poets

Laureate - 1982

Nichita Stanescu

Romania

Biography

Nichita STANESKU (Ploeshti, 7 May 1933 – Bucharest, 17 November 1983) – Romanian poet, magazine editor. With his first poetry collection Aim of Love (1960) he became famous. With each new poetry book he confirmed his new verses free of the burden of the past. Works: A Vision of Feelings (1964), The Right to Time(1965), The Egg and the Sphere (1967), Vertical Red (1967), The Unwords (1969), In Sweet Classical Style (1070), The Greatness of Cold(1972), The Clearness of Heart (1975); The Re-reading Book (1972).