Writing · Writer
Active 1959–present · Awards: Herder Prize, Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania, 2nd class, Hero of Socialist Labour of Romania, Order of Labor First Class, Order of Cultural Merit 1st Class
Tudor Arghezi was a Romanian writer and political figure, widely considered one of his country's greatest poets. An illegitimate, part-Hungarian child who was purposely vague about his roots, he had a troubled youth during which he held a…