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One intersection connected two personal histories, internationally admired poet Nina Cassian and New York City man of the arts Maurice Edwards.
Nina Cassian
Romanian writer
Nina Cassian (pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru;[1] 27 November 1924, in Galați – 14 April 2014, in New York City) was a Romanian poet, children's book writer, translator, journalist, accomplished pianist and composer, and film critic.[2] She spent the first sixty years of her life in Romania until she moved to the United States in 1985 for a teaching job.
A few years later Cassian was granted permanent asylum and New York City became her home for the rest of her life. Much of her work was published both in Romanian and in English.
Life and work
Early life
Nina Cassian was born into a Jewish family in Galați in 1924, the only child of Iosif Cassian-Mătăsaru, a translator, and an amateur singer.[3] In 1926 the family moved to Brașov.
Cassian's fascination with languages is said to date back to that time of her childhood since this is when she started spending time with children from the German and Hunga
