1923-1986 RO
A.k.a. Stelian Diaconescu
Ion Caraion (pen name of Stelian Diaconescu; May 24, 1923–July 21, 1986) was a Romanian poet, essayist and translator.Born in Rușavăț, Buzău County, he attended primary school at Râmnicu Sărat from 1930 to 1934, followed by Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu High School in Buzău from 1934 to 1942. While there, together with Alexandru Lungu, he edited Zarathustra poetry magazine with his own funds from 1940 to 1941. He entered the literature and philosophy faculty of Bucharest University, which he graduated in 1948. His published debut came in 1939, with verses and reviews in Universul literar and Curentul literar. Caraion's first book, the 1943 Panopticum, was followed by two other poetry collections: Omul profilat pe cer (1945) and Cântece negre (1946). An active anti-fascist during World War II, h