Mihail Crama (bornEugen Enăchescu Pasad; January 1, 1923 – April 17, 1994) was aRomanian poet and prose writer.
Born inCetatea Albă, his parents were Mihail Enăchescu, a military physician, and his wife Maria (née Pasad), a nurse. He attended the military high school inIași andNicolae Bălcescu High School inBrăila, graduating in 1941. His first poems and articles appeared in 1939 in the local newspapersAncheta,Cuvântul,Facla andExpresul. Initially enrolling in a school forGendarmerie officers, he abandoned this in favor of theUniversity of Bucharest's law faculty, from which he obtained a degree in 1945. Subsequently, he worked as a legal adviser at theJustice Ministry and as head of the civil section within theSupreme Tribunal.[1]
Crama's contributions appeared inVremea,Claviaturi,Adonis,Prepoem,Revista Fundațiilor Regale andCaiet de poezie. He read poetry in theSburătorul circle and joined the group of writers affiliated withKalende magazine. His first book was the 1947Decor penitent, which earned theCarol I Academic Foundation Prize. After two decades of silence,[1] self-imposed in order to avoid compromises with thecommunist regime,[2] he returned with the short volumes of verseDincolo de cuvinte (1967),Determinări (1970),Codice (1974) andIanuarii (1976). Together with his debut volume and the set of unpublished poemsDecor penitent II, all were issued in 1979 asÎmpărăția de seară, which earned theRomanian Academy's Eminescu Prize. His 1986Singurătatea din urmă, apparently autobiographical, was philosophical in scope.Trecerea (1981) andDogma (1984; Bucharest Writers' Society Prize) were two late poetry volumes.[1]Călător spre porțile asfințitului, a novel written from 1988 to 1991 and published posthumously in 2006, takes up the autobiographical theme. The protagonist, now mature, works in the legal profession, both on theBărăgan Plain and in a city readily apparent as Brăila.[2]
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