11 Facts About Nicolae Steinhardt

Nicolae Steinhardt was born in Pantelimon commune, near Bucharest, from a Jewish father and a Romanian mother.

Nicolae Steinhardt's father was an engineer, architect and decorated World War I participant.

In 1939, Nicolae Steinhardt worked as an editor for Revista Fundatiilor Regale, losing his job between 1940 and 1944, due to antisemitic policies, first under the Iron Guard regime, and then the government led by General Ion Antonescu.

In 1944, after Romania switched sides and joined the Allies, Nicolae Steinhardt was reinstated at the Revista Fundatiilor Regale, and held his job until 1948, when King Michael I was forced to abdicate by the Communist Party of Romania.

Nicolae Steinhardt would serve eight years of his 13-year jail term at Jilava, Gherla, Aiud, and other prisons.

Nicolae Steinhardt was baptized on March 15,1960, by fellow convict Mina Dobzeu, a well known Bessarabian hermit.

Nicolae Steinhardt's first celebrated literary works, Intre viata si carti, and Incertitudini literare were published in 1976 and 1980, respectively.

Nicolae Steinhardt worked as the monastery's librarian, while at the same time dedicating himself to writing.

Nicolae Steinhardt died on March 29,1989 at the Baia Mare County Hospital.

In 2017, Nicolae Steinhardt was posthumously elected a member of the Romanian Academy.

Meanwhile, Nicolae Steinhardt had finished writing a second version of the book, which was, in turn, confiscated in 1984 by the State Security Services.