Beloved contemporary Romanian poet who received the Herder Prize in 1975 and was nominated for a Nobel Prize. His first book was "The Aim of Love", which was a collection of his poetry.
He worked for the Tribuna literary magazine.
He contributed to and edited the Gazeta Literara.
He married Magdalena Petrescu in 1952 and they divorced in 1953. In 1962, he married Doina Clurea and they divorced in 1972. In 1982, he married Dora Taraja.
He was nominated for a Nobel Prize, which was created by Alfred Nobel.
