Awarded Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award (2026).
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Ana Blandiana
Ana Blandiana is a Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure. She took her name after Blandiana, near Vințu de Jos, Alba County, her mother's home village.
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culture · Romanian writer (born 1942) · poet · writer · journalist · essayist · children's writer · translator · librettist · also Ana Blandiana, Otilia Coman, Blandiana
Born 25 March 1942 · Q237033
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2026· 2 entries
agerpres: ICR: Writer Ana Blandiana on major tour of France - Lyon, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Strasbourg and Paris
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2025· 1 entry
The Tablet: Ana Blandiana and the adventure of being honest
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2024· 2 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Literary Prize (2024).
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Euronews: Romanian poet Ana Blandiana wins 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature
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2023· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Star of Romania (2023).
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Ján Smrek Prize (2019).
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Won Golden Wreath (2019).
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Faithful Service (2008).
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Giuseppe Acerbi literary prize (2005).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Vilenica Prize (2002).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Timișoara (2000).
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1989· 1 entry
The Minerva Publishing House is publishing in the most popular mass collection "Biblioteca Pentru Toți" ("Library for all people") an anthology of her poems
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1987· 1 entry
Published at the Sport-Turism Publishing House the book "Orașe de silabe" ("City of syllables") where she writes about all the countries and cities of the world where she travelled: over 100
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1984· 1 entry
Blandiana's poem 'Totul' ('Everything') was briefly published in the literary magazine Amfiteatru
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Herder Prize (1982).
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1976· 1 entry
Her works were first printed in a French translation, in Croisière du Club des Poètes by fr:Jean-Pierre Rosnay (Paris); in 1978, she took part in the First International Festival of Poetry in Paris organized by the famed
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1969· 1 entry
In the company of Andrei Șerban and the actors Irina Petrescu, Mariana Mihuț, and Florian Pittiș
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1967· 1 entry
Settled in Bucharest; until the following year, she was one of the editors for Viața studențească, and then (until 1975) worked as editor for Amfiteatru
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1966· 1 entry
Blandiana appeared for the first time at the International Poem Contest (in Lahti, Finland)
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1964· 1 entry
With the booklet of poems Persoana întâia plural ("First Person Plural"), with a Foreword written by Nicolae Manolescu
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1963· 1 entry
After a four-year interdiction due to her father's status, she again published in Contemporanul (edited by George Ivașcu)
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1959· 3 entries
And later spent years in Communist prisons, dying in an accident weeks after his release in a general amnesty
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At his own request, he was transferred to the Seleuș-Oradea Parish
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In Tribuna, Cluj, where she signed for the first time as Ana Blandiana, she was published in the anthology 30 de poeți tineri ("30 Young Poets")
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1955· 1 entry
From the cathedral parish and appointed and acted as an economic advisor until February 1, 1957, when he returned to the cathedral
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1948· 1 entry
Was no longer allowed to work in public education and instead became a priest and administrator of the diocesan candle factory
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1944· 1 entry
After Romania changed its allegiances and fought against Germany, he was mobilized to the Western Front
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-03-25.
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