Costache Ioanid
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Costache Ioanid is a Romania
n poet
and songwriter (composer
) of Romanian poems and songs. He wrote many songs that are used all over Romania today, and is one of the best known Christian
composers in Romania.
1923-Starts to study at the "Liceul Internat" highschool in Iasi.
1929-1934. He studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated with the maximum grade. Opens the first exhibition of sculpture caricature. Works in clay, painted in oil colors in glass, wax, paper, wood.
Between 1934-1952 opens seven such exhibitions in Iasi and then in Bucharest.
1938 moved to the capital (Bucharest). Perform "nonpolitical Ballet", famous in that times. At one of the representatives participated King Charles II himself.
1939 - Married Elena Stefanescu in Iasi.
1940- While reading the Bible on a bench in the park, is noted by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand which invites him to the Lutheran Church pastored by Richard Wurmbrand
.
Start-depth study of Bible and wrote his first Christian poems.
1941-1944. He is hired as Cartographer at the General Staff.
1958-1961. They live from painting. Attend the Pentecostal Church from Calea Mosilor. His writings circulated throughout the country illegally. He refused to write in the style of communist propaganda.
1961-1966. He works as a technical illustrator at IPROMET.
1963-was under arrest at Malmaison. He is investigated throughout the year.
1966- attend the Lutheran church. It is recognized as one of the leading Christian poets together with Trajan Dorz and others.
1981-death of his wife, Elena.
1981, immigrating to the U.S. The first volume of poetry Taine (Mysteries) is published.
November 26, 1987, Thanksgiving Day, he died.
Romania
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n poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and songwriter (composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
) of Romanian poems and songs. He wrote many songs that are used all over Romania today, and is one of the best known Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
composers in Romania.
Biography
December 3, 1912, Ioanid Costache is born, the fourth son of Titus and Catherine at Comandaresti in North Bukovina.1923-Starts to study at the "Liceul Internat" highschool in Iasi.
1929-1934. He studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts and graduated with the maximum grade. Opens the first exhibition of sculpture caricature. Works in clay, painted in oil colors in glass, wax, paper, wood.
Between 1934-1952 opens seven such exhibitions in Iasi and then in Bucharest.
1938 moved to the capital (Bucharest). Perform "nonpolitical Ballet", famous in that times. At one of the representatives participated King Charles II himself.
1939 - Married Elena Stefanescu in Iasi.
1940- While reading the Bible on a bench in the park, is noted by Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand which invites him to the Lutheran Church pastored by Richard Wurmbrand
Richard Wurmbrand
Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian Christian minister of Jewish descent. He was a youth during a time of anti-Semitic activity in Romania, but it was later, after becoming a believer in Jesus Christ as Messiah, and daring to publicly say that Communism and Christianity were not compatible, that he...
.
Start-depth study of Bible and wrote his first Christian poems.
1941-1944. He is hired as Cartographer at the General Staff.
1958-1961. They live from painting. Attend the Pentecostal Church from Calea Mosilor. His writings circulated throughout the country illegally. He refused to write in the style of communist propaganda.
1961-1966. He works as a technical illustrator at IPROMET.
1963-was under arrest at Malmaison. He is investigated throughout the year.
1966- attend the Lutheran church. It is recognized as one of the leading Christian poets together with Trajan Dorz and others.
1981-death of his wife, Elena.
1981, immigrating to the U.S. The first volume of poetry Taine (Mysteries) is published.
November 26, 1987, Thanksgiving Day, he died.
External links
- http://www.resursecrestine.ro/poezii/index-autori/costache-ioanid
- http://www.romanianvoice.com/poezii/poeti/ioanid.php - poems