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Romanian poet ✰ November 14, 1914, Siliștea, Argeș County † December 30, 1989, București Graduated School of Arts and Crafts, in parallel being worker at Uzinele „Grivița“ (Grivița Factory, Bucharest). Take part at the strikes of 1933 In 1941 was arrested for activity in the PCR (Romanian Communist Party). After 1944 he became the first president of the Union of Journalists of Banat. 1946 - debuted as poet with „Cetatea tăcerii“ poem Graduated particularly high school and studied journalism at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, which he graduated in 1959. 1960 - 1968, Director of „Editura pentru Literatură“ (publishing company)