Nichita Stănescu

• Name — Nichita Hristea Stănescu • Born — 31 March 1933 • Birthplace — Ploiești, Prahova County, Romania • Died — 13 December 1983 • Place of death — Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania • Resting Place — Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest, Romania • Known for — Poet • Political Party — Romanian Communist Party • Education — Ion Luca Caragiale High School (Ploiești) • Alma Mater — University of Bucharest • Notable Works — 11 elegii, Noduri si semne • Years Active — 1960–1982 (1960–1998; posthumous) • Partner — Gabriela Melinescu (?–before 1982) • Awards — Herder Prize, 1975 Golden Wreath Struga Poetry Evenings, 1982 • Illustration — Stănescu on a 2018 stamp sheet of Romania • Illustration — Statue of Stănescu in the Alley of Classics, Chișinău

Stănescu's father was Nicolae Hristea Stănescu (1908–1982). His mother, Tatiana Cereaciuchin, was Russian (originally from Voronezh, she had fled Russia and married in 1931). 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 ("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 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 ("Knots and Signs"), published in 1982. A heavy drinker, he died of cardiopulmonary arrest. He is buried in Bucharest's Bellu Cemetery.

• 1960 – Sensul iubirii ("The Meaning of Love") • 1964 – O viziune a sentimentelor ("A Vision of Feelings") • 1965 – Dreptul la timp ("The Right to Time") • 1966 – 11 elegii ("11 Elegies") • 1967 – • Roșu vertical ("Vertical Red"), • Alfa (poems), • Oul și sfera ("The Egg and the Sphere") • 1968 – Laus Ptolemaei • 1969 – • Necuvintele ("The Unwords"), • Un pământ numit România ("A Land Called Romania") • 1970 – În dulcele stil classic ("In Sweet Classical Style") • 1972 – • Cartea de recitire ("The Re-reading Book") • Belgradul în cinci prieteni ("Five Friends in Belgrade") • Măreția frigului ("The Greatness of Cold") • 1978 – Epica Magna • 1979 – Operele imperfecte ("Imperfect Works") • 1980 – Carte de citire, carte de iubire ("Book for Reading, Book for Loving") • 1982 – Oase plângând ("Crying Bones") • 1982 – Noduri și semne ("Knots and Marks") • 1982 – Respirări ("Breaths")

• 1984 – Album memorial ("Memorial Album") • 1985 – Antimetafizica, 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

• 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 -;

The authorities additionally record the heading Nichita Hristea Stănescu. His recorded language was Romanian. He married Doina Ciurea.