George Meniuc

George Meniuc
Meniuc in 1940
Born	(1918-05-20)20 May 1918 Chişinău, Moldova
Died	8 February 1987(1987-02-08) (aged 76) Chişinău, Moldova
Resting place	Chişinău
Alma mater	University of Bucharest
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953–1987)
Other political affiliations	Union of Communist Youth (before 1940)

George Meniuc (20 May 1918 – 8 February 1987) 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 George Meniuc was editor in chief of Nistru, a newspaper of the Moldovan Writers' Union.

George Meniuc died on 8 February 1987 and was buried in Chişinău.

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; ISBN 9975-69-354-7

Bibliography

• Anatol Eremia, Unitatea patrimoniului onomastic românesc. Toponimie. Antroponimie ediţie jubiliară, 2001, Centrul Naţional de Terminologie, ed. „Iulian”, Chişinău, ISBN 9975-922-45-7.

External links

• România Literară, George Meniuc Archived 21 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine