Roșca Agnesa

About

In 1950, he published his first verses in the newspaper "Tinerimea Moldovei". In 1953, upon graduating from university, he worked as an editor at the "Cartea moldovenească" publishing house, in the artistic literature department. Later, he worked at the "Lumina" publishing house, where for over 20 years he edited original poetry books by numerous Moldovan writers. In the years 1958-1961, in collaboration with literary critic Vasile Coroban, he prepared for print, prefaced, and commented on Vasile Alecsandri's "Works" in 4 volumes, thus beginning the publication of Moldovan classics. In 1965, he made his editorial debut with the poetry collection "Bat gîndurile," noted by critic A. Baconsky. He became a member of the Writers' Union of Moldova. In the years 1966-1967, he was the head of the Publishing Directorate of the State Committee for Publishing, Polygraphy, and Book Trade. He published Grigore Adam's "Writings" (1966), thus starting the "Writings" series of contemporary Moldovan writers. After his debut volume, throughout the years 1967-1972, he published a new poetry book almost every year: "Mozaic" (1967); "Cîntecul tău Gealil" (1968); "Vin negru" (1969); "Amnar și cremene" (1971). On August 1, 1969, the poet married Vladimir Rusnac. During this time, he edited the volume of essays and literary profiles "Înșiră-te mărgărite...". Between 1974 and 1985, the poet published the volumes of verse "Pămîntul Patriei" (1974); "Leagănul cel verde" (1976); "Darul vieții" (1978); "Flori albe, flori roșii", an anthology of love poems (1981); "Veșnica ardere" (1982); "Vis și veghe" (1984); "Arțăraș cu dor" (1976); "Meșter zori-de-zi" (1985). In 1986, Agnesa Roșca published the volume of verse "Clopote în aprilie". The following year, the volume "Scrieri alese" was published with a study by Mihail Dolgan. The poet was featured with verses in the anthology of Moldovan poets "Constelația lirei" (1987). The collection "Eterna epigramă" (Cluj-Napoca, 1993) includes some of Agnesa Roșca's best epigrams. The poet received the "Moldova suverană" newspaper award for the essays "Miracolul timpului" and "Inepuizabila înțelepciune", published in 1994. In 1996, Agnesa Roșca was awarded the "Meritul civic" medal. For the cycle of "special poems dedicated to the Romanian language", she received the "Literatura și arta" weekly award (1996). She received the same award in 1998. Agnesa Roșca actively participated in the national revival movement in the Republic of Moldova, writing and publishing poems and essays about the Romanian nation. Many of Agnesa Roșca's verses became songs performed by vocalists such as Maria Bieșu, Mihail Munteanu, Ion Paulencu, and received awards. She also presented over 300 literary profiles on the radio. As a translator, Agnesa Roșca worked on Virgil's "Aeneid" (in the anthology "World Literature. Ancient Greece and Rome", 1972), as well as on various works by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Fyodor Tyutchev, Afanasy Fet, Anna Seghers, Taras Shevchenko, among others. Agnesa Roșca's poetic work has been translated into Russian (14 books), Ukrainian, Georgian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Turkish, and others. Roșca was featured with her verses in a lyrical anthology published in Tbilisi (Merani publishing house, 1972) and in the "Library of World Literature", published in Moscow (Khudozhestvennaya literatura publishing house, 1977).