Writer and scenarist Nicolae Esinencu died in the morning of April 25 at the age of 75. Contacted by IPN, president of the Writers Union Arcadie Suceveanu said the writer suffered a stroke and had been in a coma for three weeks. He noted that Nicolae Esinencu was a nonconformist who did away with traditionalism in the 1960-1970s, imposing literature based on ideological principles. Therefore, he wasn’t liked by the then authorities.

Arcadie Suceveanu stated that he names writer Nicolae Esinencu a ‘showman’ who promoted the free, elliptic, ironical verses. “The poems, prose, plays and screenplays are all parabolas that lead to absurd surrealism. He was a very unusual writer,” stated the president of the Writers Union.

Arcadie Suceveanu remembered that when he got acquainted with Nicolae Esinencu, this wore the mask of radicalism and poetic vanguard. “He was an extraordinary spirit that was different even by his clothing. One time he had long hair of artist, while another time he had short cut hair. His apparel included mandatorily three elements: a red long scarf, a woolen knitted beret and of course high-heel shoes,” he stated.

Nicolae Esinencu was born in Chitcanii-Vechi village of Orhei district in 1940. He is the author of a number of prose books, including “Sada”, “The Orange”, “Toi”, “It was time to love”. He also wrote such plays as “Grand Prix”, “The Cigarette Case”, “The Smoking Room”, and “Straw People” and such screenplays as “The wooden cannon” and “The whirlpool”. He is a laureate of the State Award of the Republic of Moldova and an Emeritus Man of Art of the Republic of Moldova.