Nicolai Costenco (21 December 1913 â 29 July 1993) was a writer from Moldova. He was managing editor of ViaÃ
£a Basarabiei (1934âÂÂ1940) and was deported to Siberia în 1941.
Biography
Nicolai Costenco was born in ChiÃ
ÂinÃÂu on December 21, 1913, but his maternal grandparents, Gheorghe and Libeada, brought him up in Cihoreni. He worked for ViaÃ
£a Basarabiei (1934âÂÂ1940). In 1941 he was deported to Siberia because he claimed that there is no difference between the Moldovan language and the Romanian language. In his poem, "PicteazÃÂ-mi o miriÃ
Âte", Grigore Vieru wrote: "Nicolai Costenco, poetul/ Care Ã
Âi-a scris poemele/ Pe caietul de gheaÃ
£Ã Siberian"...
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 dimineaÃ
£ÃÂ, Un scriitor al rezistenÃ
£ei Ã
Âi al continuitÃÂÃ
£ii: Nicolai Costenco (1913âÂÂ1993), 2004. â 5 ian.
- Mihai Cimpoi, "Alte disocieri", Chapter Nicolai Costenco, ChiÃ
ÂinÃÂu, Ed. Cartea moldoveneasca, 1971.
- Vasile Badiu, Eroul traditional in ipostaze noi. In cartea: Eroul con temporan in literatura moldoveneasca, ChiÃ
ÂinÃÂu, Ed. Stiinta, 1972.
- Mihail Dolgan, Sunt cetacean al tarii poeziei. In cartea lui: Crez si maiestrie artistica, ChiÃ
ÂinÃÂu, 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, ChiÃ
ÂinÃÂu, 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 Ã
Âi-a scris poemele/ Pe caietul de gheaÃ
£Ã Siberian")
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