17 March 1917 – ZORICA TEODOSIA LAȚCU, nun, poetess and translator, was born in Mezotur, Hungary. Secondary school studies at Brașov (1928 – 1936) and at the Faculty of Philology (classic languages) of the University of Cluj (1936 – 1940). Preparatory teacher at the Institute of Linguistics of Cluj – Sibiu (since 1941), working for the Dictionary of the Romanian Academy and for the bibliography of “Dacoromania” magazine. In 1948, she became a nun at Vladimirești Monastery, and in 1955 was excluded from monasticism by the communist authorities, just like many other monks and nuns. She was imprisoned in the communist prisons from 1956 – 1959; after she was released, she lived in Gurguieți, county of Brăila, from 1970 in Brașov, and in 1990 she came back to Vladimirești Monastery re-established at the time. Works. She published several volumes of religious poems: The White Island (1944); Poems of Love (1949); Poems (1999 and a complete edition in 2000). Other religious poems in: “Gândirea” (Bucharest), “Telegraful Român” and “Îndrumătorul bisericesc” at Sibiu. He passed away on 8 August 1990, at Vladimirești Monastery, county of Galați.
7 March 1917 – ZORICA TEODOSIA LAȚCU, nun, poetess and translator, was born in Mezotur, Hungary
