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Zaharia Stancu (
October 7,
1902 -
December 5,
1974) was a
Romanian prose writer, novelist, poet, and philosopher.
Stancu was born in 1902 in
Salcia, a village in
Teleorman County,
Romania on the
Bărăgan Plain. After leaving school at the age of thirteen he worked at various jobs. In
1921, with the help of
Gala Galaction, he became a journalist. In
1933 he finished his studies in literature and philosophy at the
University of Bucharest.
His fist volume of poetry,
Poeme simple (
Simple Poems), appeared in
1927, receiving the Romanian Writers' Prize. During
World War II, he was imprisoned for his opposition to the
fascist government of
Ion Antonescu (
see Romania during World War II), and spent time in the
Târgu Jiu internment camp for
political prisoners.
In
1946, he became a director of
Romania's National Theater. After the
Communist regime was established, he was a member of the
Romanian Academy and the President of the
Writers' Union of Romania (1966–1974). He won the Romanian State Prize for Literature and, in
1971, he was awarded the
Herder Prize by the
Austrian government.
Between
1926 and
1944 Stancu published six volumes of poetry. In
1948 his first important novel,
Desculţ (
Barefoot), was published. It has been translated into thirty languages. Other important novels are
Şatra (
The Gypsy Tribe), and
Jocul cu moartea (
A Gamble with Death).
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