Ethnicity Romanian Role Writer Name Nicolai Costenco | Religion Eastern Orthodoxy Known for Poet Spouse Lili Cleiderman | |
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Born December 21, 1913 ( 1913-12-21 ) Chisinau Nationality Russian Empire,Romania,USSR,Moldova Children Nicolae,Marina-Mimi,Tatiana,Constantin,Tudor,Ilyana Parent(s) Maria lui Gheorghe Leahu, Siodor Costenco Died July 29, 1993, Chisinau, Moldova | ||
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.
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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). In 1941 he was deported to Siberia because he claimed that there is no difference between the Moldovan language and the Romanian language. In his poem, "Pictează-mi o mirişte", Grigore Vieru wrote: "Nicolai Costenco, poetul/ Care şi-a scris poemele/ Pe caietul de gheaţă Siberian"...
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