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Nichita Stănescu

ニキタ・スタネスク

Nichita Stanescu

Aliases: Nichita Hristea Stănescu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-03-31 （Ploiești, Prahova County, Romania）
Died
1983-12-13 （Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania） age 50
Nationality
Romanian
Languages
Romanian
Residence History
Ploiești (birth and childhood) → Bucharest (adulthood and literary career)

Career

Occupations
poet, essayist, editor
Active Years
1960-1982
Affiliations
Gazeta Literară (contributor/editor), România Literară (contributor), Luceafărul (contributor)
Memberships
Romanian Academy (post-mortem)
Influenced By
Romanian modern poetry tradition
Influenced
Subsequent Romanian poets
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature (nominee), 1980

Education

Ion Luca Caragiale High School (Ploiești)
Period: 1947–1951
Year of Graduation: 1951
Country: Romania
Secondary education (Ion Luca Caragiale National College)
University of Bucharest
Faculty of Letters / Department of Romanian Language and Literature
Degree: Diploma
Period: 1953–1957
Year of Graduation: 1957
Country: Romania
Studied Romanian language and literature

Awards

Romanian Writers' Union Award
1964
Organization: Romanian Writers' Union
Result: 受賞
Romanian Writers' Union Award
1969
Organization: Romanian Writers' Union
Result: 受賞
Romanian Writers' Union Award
1972
Organization: Romanian Writers' Union
Result: 受賞
Romanian Writers' Union Award
1975
Organization: Romanian Writers' Union
Result: 受賞
Herder Prize
1975
Organization: Herder Prize (foundation/organization)
Result: 受賞
Romanian Academy 'Mihai Eminescu' Award
1975
Organization: Romanian Academy
Result: 受賞
Golden Wreath (Struga Poetry Evenings)
1982
Organization: Struga Poetry Evenings
Result: 受賞
Elected member of the Romanian Academy (post-mortem)
Organization: Romanian Academy
Result: 追贈

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sensul iubirii

1960 Poetry

Stănescu's editorial debut, a collection of early poems exploring love and the language of feeling.

lovelanguageexploration of feeling

11 elegii

1966 Poetry

An important collection using elegiac forms; notable for linguistic and metaphorical experimentation.

life and deathmelancholylinguistic experimentation

Noduri și semne

1982 Poetry

One of his last collections published during his lifetime, containing symbolist images and ontological questions.

existencesymbolismsigns

Bibliography

  • Sensul iubirii (1960)
  • 11 elegii (1966)
  • Roșu vertical (1967)
  • Noduri și semne (1982)
  • Respirări (1982)

Translations of Works

  • Testament - 400 Years of Romanian Poetry (bilingual edition) (2019)
  • Romanian Poetry from its Origins to the Present (bilingual edition) (2020)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
symbolist imagerylinguistic experimentationfrequent use of metaphor and paradox
Recurring Motifs
lovelanguageexistencesigns and metaphors

Health

  • Alcohol dependence (severe)
    生涯後期
    Significantly affected his health and was related to his cardiopulmonary arrest at death.

Legacy

A leading figure of 20th-century Romanian poetry, influential for his linguistic and imagistic experiments. Many awards, schools and streets bear his name.

Academic Societies

  • Romanian Academy (post-mortem)

Archives

  • Nichita Stănescu Foundation archive

In Popular Culture

  • Featured on a 2018 Romanian stamp sheet
  • High schools and streets named after him in Ploiești, Bucharest and other towns
  • A national poetry festival and the 'Nichita Stănescu' prize exist in his honor

Trivia

  • Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980.
  • Received the Herder Prize in 1975.
  • Suffered from alcohol dependence and died of cardiopulmonary arrest in 1983.
  • His portrait appeared on a Romanian stamp sheet in 2018.
  • High schools in Ploiești and Bucharest are named after him.