Nicolai Costenco

Nicolai Costenco
Born	December 21, 1913(1913-12-21) Chişinău
Died	July 29, 1993(1993-07-29) (aged 79) Chişinău
Nationality	Russian Empire, Romania, USSR, Moldova
Ethnicity	Romanian
Known for	Poet
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy
Spouse	Lili Cleiderman
Children	Constantin
Parents	Maria lui Gheorghe Leahu, Şiodor Costenco
Relatives	Anatol Păduraru (brother)
Awards	Premiul de Stat al Republicii Moldova (1988)

Nicolai Costenco (December 21, 1913, Chişinău - July 29, 1993, Chişinău) 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.^[3] In his poem, "Pictează-mi o mirişte", Grigore Vieru wrote: "Nicolai Costenco, poetul/ Care şi-a scris poemele/ Pe caietul de gheaţă Siberian"...^[4][5]

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 cetatean 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")^[6][7]

References

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

External links

• NICOLAI F. COSTENCO, EXILATUL DEDUBLAT
• Revista Timpul, Nicolai Costenco 90, Un scriitor al rezistenţei şi al continuităţii
• Referat Nicolai Costenco

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Name	Costenco, Nicolai
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Date of birth	December 21, 1913
Place of birth	Chişinău
Date of death	July 29, 1993
Place of death	Chişinău