Constantin Virgil Bănescu (; born May 26, 1982, in
Târgoviște
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,
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– died August 12, 2009) was a notable
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poet of the 2000 generation, also known for his translation activity.
Poetry
* ''câinele, femeia și ocheada'' (t: the dog, the woman and the glance) (Timpul, Iaşi, 2000);
* ''floarea cu o singură petală '' (t: the flower with a single petal) (Junimea, Iaşi, 2002);
* ''același cer ce nu e'' (t: the same sky that is not) (Vinea, București, 2006);
(translations of his poetry available in German, Spanish, Slovenian and Hungarian).
Prizes
*Prize of the Bucharest Young Writer's association
*Hubert Burda Prize for Young Poets from the South and South-East Europe (2003)
Autoren im Haus 2004
, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, 2004. (German)
References
External links
Some of his translations here
1982 births
2009 deaths
Romanian male poets
People from Târgoviște
20th-century Romanian poets
20th-century Romanian male writers
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