Nicolai Costenco

Nicolai Costenco
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Born(1913-12-21)December 21, 1913
Chişinău
DiedJuly 29, 1993(1993-07-29) (aged 79)
Chişinău
NationalityRussian Empire,
Romania,
USSR,
Moldova
Known forPoet
SpouseMaria Costenco
ChildrenNicolae, Marina-Mimi, Tatiana, Constantin, Tudor, Ilyana
Parent(s)Maria lui Gheorghe Leahu, Şiodor Costenco
RelativesAnatol Păduraru (brother)
AwardsPremiul de Stat al Republicii Moldova (1988)

Nicolai Costenco [nikolai kostentʃo] (21 December 1913 – 29 July 1993) was a writer from Moldova. He was managing editor of Viaţa Basarabiei (1934–1940) and was deported to Siberia în 1941.[1]

Biography

Nicolai Costenco was born in Chişinău on December 21, 1913, but his maternal grandparents, Gheorghe and Libeada, brought him up in Cihoreni. He worked for Viaţa Basarabiei (1934–1940).[2] In 1941 he was deported to Siberia because he claimed that there is no difference between the Moldovan language and the Romanian language.[1] In his poem, "Pictează-mi o mirişte", Grigore Vieru wrote: "Nicolai Costenco, poetul/ Care şi-a scris poemele/ Pe caietul de gheaţă Siberian"...[3][4]

Awards

  • Premiul de Stat al Republicii Moldova (1988).

Works

  • Poezii (1937),
  • Ore (1939),
  • Cleopatra (1939).
  • Severograd, 1963,
  • Norocul omului, 1965),
  • Serghei Lazo, 1967),
  • Poezii alese (1957),
  • Poezii noi (1960),
  • Versuri (1963),
  • Mugur, mugurel (1967),
  • Poezii si poeme (1969),
  • Poezii si poeme (1983),
  • Euritmii (1990),
  • Elegii pagane (1998).

Bibliography

  • Timpul de dimineaţă, Un scriitor al rezistenţei şi al continuităţii: Nicolai Costenco (1913–1993), 2004. – 5 ian.
  • Mihai Cimpoi, "Alte disocieri", Chapter Nicolai Costenco, Chişinău, Ed. Cartea moldoveneasca, 1971.
  • Vasile Badiu, Eroul traditional in ipostaze noi. In cartea: Eroul con temporan in literatura moldoveneasca, Chişinău, Ed. Stiinta, 1972.
  • Mihail Dolgan, Sunt cetacean al tarii poeziei. In cartea lui: Crez si maiestrie artistica, Chişinău, Ed. Cartea moldoveneasca, 1982; Lirica din perioada exilului siberian. In Literatura si arta, 1995, 26 ianuarie.
  • Ion Ciocanu, Cetatean al tarii poeziei. In cartea: Nicolai Costenco, Euritmii, Chişinău, Ed. Hyperion, 1990.
  • George Calinescu, Istoria literaturii romane de la origini pana in prezent, p. 1031.
  • Grigore Vieru, "PICTEAZA-MI O MIRISTE" ("Nicolai Costenco, poetul/ Care şi-a scris poemele/ Pe caietul de gheaţă Siberian")[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Grigore Vieru, LIMBA ROMÂNĂ, OASTEA NOASTRĂ NAŢIONALĂ
  2. ^ "Nicolai Costenco, TABEL CRONOLOGIC". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b Grigore Vieru, PICTEAZA-MI O MIRISTE
  4. ^ a b Horia Ion Groza, Un crin pentru un poet şi un soldat