

Stănescu married Magdalena Petrescu in 1952, but the couple separated a year later. He made his literary debut in the Tribuna literary magazine. Nichita Stănescu graduated from the Ion Luca Caragiale High School in Ploiești, then went on to study Romanian language and literature at the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1957. His mother, Tatiana Cereaciuchin, was Russian (originally from Voronezh, she had fled Russia and married in 1931). Stănescu's father was Nicolae Hristea Stănescu (1908–1982). Nichita Stănescu ( Romanian pronunciation: born Nichita Hristea Stănescu 31 March 1933 – 13 December 1983) was a Romanian poet and essayist.

Despre scriitori și literatură (Prussian Blue.Statue of Stănescu in the Alley of Classics, Chișinău Fel de scriere ("A Kind of Writing"), 1998.Cărţile sibiline ("The Sibylline Books"), 1995.Tânjiri spre firesc ("Longings toward the Usual"), 1993.Fiziologia poeziei ("The Physiology of Poetry"), 1990.Amintiri din prezent ("Memories From the Present"), 1985.Nichita Stănescu - Frumos ca umbra unei idei ("Nichita Stănescu - Beautiful as the Shadow of an Idea"), 1985.Antimetafizica - Nichita Stănescu însoţit de Aurelian Titu Dumitrescu ("Antimetaphysics - Nichita Stănescu accompanied by Aurelian Titu Dumitrescu"), 1985.Album memorial ("Memorial Album"), 1984.Noduri şi semne ("Knots and Marks"), 1982.Carte de citire, carte de iubire ("Book for Reading, Book for Loving", co-written with Gheorghe Tomozei), 1980.Opere imperfecte ("Imperfect Works"), 1979.Starea poeziei ("The State of Poetry", anthology), 1975.Măreţia frigului ("The Greatness of Cold"), 1972.Belgradul în cinci prieteni ("Five Friends in Belgrade"), 1972.Cartea de recitire ("The Re-reading Book"), 1972.În dulcele stil classic ("In The Sweet Classical Style"), 1970.Un pământ numit România ("A Land Called Romania"), 1969.Oul şi sfera ("The Egg and the Sphere"), 1967.

