Premiul Internaţional Johann Gottfried von Herder „Un preot coborât din Tibet pentru a oficia în Europa de Est: Nichita Stănescu.” — Adrian Păunescu „În generația noastră nimeni nu l-a egalat.” — Fănuș Neagu „A fost un om și un poet total, setos de absolut.” — Grigore Vieru „Un mare poet care cu închipuirile, jocurile, teoriile, stările şi abilităţile lui a schimbat faţa poeziei româneşti.” — Eugen Simion
Author
He made his literary debut in the Tribuna literary magazine. 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. The last volume of poetry published in his lifetime was Noduri şi semne ("Knots and Signs"), published in 1982. He died of hepatitis. Nichita Stănescu received numerous poetry awards, of which the most important was the Herder Prize (1975) as well as a Nobel Prize nomination. Unfortunately, he died relatively young, leaving behind some of the most important poetry in post-war Romanian literature. (Source: Wikipedia)
