Nicolai Costenco (21 December 1913 – 29 July 1993) was a writer from
Moldova. He was managing editor of
Viaţa Basarabiei (1934–1940) and was
deported to
Siberia în 1941.[1]
Biography
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).[2] In 1941 he was
deported to Siberia because he claimed that there is no difference between the
Moldovan language and the
Romanian language.[1] In his poem, "Pictează-mi o mirişte",
Grigore Vieru wrote: "Nicolai Costenco, poetul/ Care şi-a scris poemele/ Pe caietul de gheaţă Siberian"...[3][4]
Vasile Badiu, Eroul traditional in ipostaze noi. In cartea: Eroul con temporan in literatura moldoveneasca, Chişinău, Ed. Stiinta, 1972.
Mihail Dolgan, Sunt cetacean al tarii poeziei. In cartea lui: Crez si maiestrie artistica, Chişinău, Ed. Cartea moldoveneasca, 1982; Lirica din perioada exilului siberian. In Literatura si arta, 1995, 26 ianuarie.
Ion Ciocanu, Cetatean al tarii poeziei. In cartea: Nicolai Costenco, Euritmii, Chişinău, Ed. Hyperion, 1990.
George Calinescu, Istoria literaturii romane de la origini pana in prezent, p. 1031.
Grigore Vieru, "PICTEAZA-MI O MIRISTE" ("Nicolai Costenco, poetul/ Care şi-a scris poemele/ Pe caietul de gheaţă Siberian")[3][4]