Petre Stoica

Petre Stoica (February 15, 1931 – March 21, 2009) was a Romanian poet and translator. A native of the Timișoara area, he studied at the University of Bucharest before launching a career as a writer. Making his debut in the late 1950s alongside several better-known generational colleagues, he published a number of books over the subsequent decades. His poetry dealt with quotidian subjects and studiously avoided glorification of the ruling communist regime. After the Romanian Revolution, he briefly engaged with the political scene before withdrawing to Jimbolia, not far from where he grew up. There, he worked to enrich the town's cultural life.

Life Born in Peciu Nou, Timiș County, in the Banat region, his parents were Adam Stoica and his wife Maria (née Bertan). While a student, he became friends with Modest Morariu and met Dimitrie Stelaru and Mircea Ivănescu; shortly after graduating, he drew notice from Paul Georgescu and Anatol E. Baconsky. In 1957, he took part in the formation of a group that included young writers passionate about literature, several of whom would achieve notoriety: aside from Morariu and Ivănescu, Nichita Stănescu, Matei Călinescu, and Cezar Baltag were also present in this collective.

A supporter of the National Peasants' Party while an adolescent, he was briefly active in the revived Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party after the Romanian Revolution of 1989.