George Meniuc Explained

George Meniuc
Birth Date:	1918 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Chişinău, Moldova
Death Place:	Chişinău, Moldova

George Meniuc (20 May 1918, Chişinău – 8 February 1987, Chişinău) was a writer from Moldova.

Biography

George Meniuc was born on 20 May 1918, in Chişinău. He graduated from the University of Bucharest; his professors were Tudor Vianu, Petre P. Negulescu, Dimitrie Gusti, Mircea Florian. In 1940, he returned to Chişinău^[1] George Meniuc was editor in chief of Nistru, a newspaper of the Moldovan Writers' Union.^[2]

George Meniuc died on 8 February 1987 and was buried in Chişinău.^[3]

Awards

• Premiul de Stat al RSSM pentru literatură, 1972.
• "Scriitor al poporului din Moldova", 1982.

Works

Poems:

• Cântecul zorilor (1948)
• Poezii (1954)
• Strofe lirice (1956)
• Poeme (1957)
• Versuri alese (1958)
• Vremea Lerului (1969),
• Florile dalbe (1979),
• Toamna lui Orfeu (1983).

Essays:

• Imaginea în artă (1940),
• Iarba fiarelor (1959),
• Cadran solar (1966),
• Eseuri (1967).
• Vulpea isteaţă, Editura Prut Internaţional, Chişinău;

Bibliography

• Anatol Eremia, Unitatea patrimoniului onomastic românesc. Toponimie. Antroponimie ediţie jubiliară, 2001, Centrul Naţional de Terminologie, ed. „Iulian”, Chişinău, .

External links

• România Literară, George Meniuc

Notes and References

1. http://www.poezia.3x.ro/MENIUCva4.html George MENIUC
2. http://www.contrafort.md/2005/128/852.html Conştiinţa naţională sub regimul comunist totalitar – R.S.S.M. 1956–1963(II)
3. http://www.monument.md/catalog/monumente_funerare/273/ Mormântul lui George Meniuc