{"id":706,"date":"2026-02-11T14:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/?p=706"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:22:23","slug":"medalion-un-profesionist-in-cultura-gorjeana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"Medalion \u2013 Un profesionist\u00a0 \u00een cultura gorjean\u0103"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">NICOLAE DIACONU<br \/><\/span><\/strong><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">(12 nov.1947 \u2013 26 iulie 2005)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-707 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PORTRET-pt-NOX-ORPHEI.2010.-culegere-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PORTRET-pt-NOX-ORPHEI.2010.-culegere-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PORTRET-pt-NOX-ORPHEI.2010.-culegere-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PORTRET-pt-NOX-ORPHEI.2010.-culegere.jpg 926w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00cen perioada septembrie 1996 \u2013 februarie 2001 am avut bucuria de a lucra \u00eempreun\u0103 cu Nicolae Diaconu la <em>Funda\u021bia Cultural\u0103 \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d<\/em> ca \u201edirector economic\u201d (contabil). A fost perioada cea mai prolific\u0103 din activitatea Funda\u021biei. S-au tip\u0103rit 22 numere de revista \u201e<em>Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i<\/em>\u201d \u0219i peste 50 de titluri de c\u0103r\u021bi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nicolae Diaconu s-a dovedit a fi un profesionist des\u0103v\u00e2r\u0219it \u00een editarea de reviste \u0219i c\u0103r\u021bi. S-a zb\u0103tut la Ministerul Culturii pentru a ob\u021bine subven\u021bii pentru revista \u201e<em>Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i<\/em>\u201d \u0219i anumite c\u0103r\u021bi din colec\u021bia \u201e<em>Br\u00e2ncu\u0219iana<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fost primul editor care a apreciat munca autorilor, pl\u0103tind drepturi de autor pentru colaboratorii revistei \u0219i pentru autorii c\u0103r\u021bilor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A organizat lansarea celor dou\u0103 impresionante albume \u201eBR\u00c2NCU\u0218I\u201d \u2013 ale lui Mircea Deac \u0219i Barbu Brezianu, invit\u00e2nd autorii la T\u00e2rgu-Jiu. Lansarea documentarului-album \u201e<em>Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i \u00een Rom\u00e2nia<\/em>\u201d al lui Barbu Brezianu s-a organizat la Poarta S\u0103rutului \u0219i a r\u0103mas ca referin\u021b\u0103 pentru ineditul \u00eent\u00e2lnirii \u0219i calitatea actului de cultur\u0103.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Un editor scrupulos la realizarea copertelor de carte, la \u00eentocmirea devizelor de pre\u021b, perfec\u021bionist \u00een sens mai general\u2026<em>Funda\u021bia<\/em> \u0219i <em>Editura \u201eC. Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d<\/em> func\u021bionau cu trei persoane pe statul de plat\u0103: Titu R\u0103doi \u2013 pre\u0219edinte, N. Diaconu \u2013 director \u0219i subsemnata \u2013 gestiune contabil\u0103 (\u00een acte: director economic). Noi desf\u0103\u0219uram aceast\u0103 activitate din dragoste de cultur\u0103, pentru presa scris\u0103 \u0219i carte. Am difuzat \u00een acea perioad\u0103 sute de albume \u201eBr\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d \u2013 Editura a tr\u0103it ani buni din difuzarea acestor albume\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nicolae Diaconu era un manager \u00eenn\u0103scut. \u00cen scurta perioad\u0103 c\u00e2t a fost \u0219eful Culturii gorjene \u2013 un adev\u0103rat profesionist \u2013 a \u00eencercat s\u0103 schimbe ceva privind calitatea actului de cultur\u0103, \u00een special \u00een domeniul culturii scrise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Autorul unei proiectate antologii din scriitorii gorjeni ai momentului (r\u0103mas\u0103 \u00een dactilogram\u0103) a participat, \u00eempreun\u0103 cu Ion Mocioi, Ion C\u0103n\u0103voiu, Aurel Antonie \u0219i Artur B\u0103di\u021ba la fondarea Asocia\u021biei \u201eGorjul literar\u201d, realiz\u00e2nd o foarte bun\u0103 antologie \u201e<em>Hyperion<\/em>\u201d &#8211; 1980, ap\u0103rut\u0103 sub egida Casei Corpului Didactic, structurat\u0103 pe genuri, cu autori care confirmaser\u0103 deja sau vor confirma \u00een anii urm\u0103tori, care au devenit ulterior membri USR \u0219i UZPR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ca poet, Nicolae Diaconu este autorul a dou\u0103 volume de versuri: <strong>C\u0103l\u0103torie spre ceilal\u021bi <\/strong>(1976) \u0219i <strong>Doar o transcriere<\/strong> (1990), la care se adaug\u0103, nu chiar multe, unele poezii risipite prin periodice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mult mai interesant\u0103 este activitatea de recenzent la revistele \u201e<em>Ramuri<\/em>\u201d (Craiova) \u0219i \u201e<em>Literatorul<\/em>\u201d (Bucure\u0219ti), al unor c\u0103r\u021bi de rezonan\u021b\u0103 \u00een epoc\u0103 \u0219i \u00eenc\u0103 de mare interes \u0219i azi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-708\" src=\"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scan0015-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scan0015-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scan0015-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scan0015-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scan0015-1536x999.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scan0015.jpg 1759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adunate \u00een volumul <strong>\u00cen voia literaturii<\/strong> (Ed. Funda\u021biei \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d, T\u00e2rgu-Jiu, 2000, 192 pag.), cronicile \u0219i recenziile respective sunt grupate \u00een cinci sec\u021biuni,<strong><em> S\u0103m\u00e2n\u021b\u0103 de vorb\u0103<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Experien\u021ba Infernului<\/em><\/strong>, (<strong><em>1944 \u0219i dup\u0103\u2026<\/em>), <em>Banchet \u00een Mica Valahie, La vreme de tranzi\u021bie.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Avea o putere de munc\u0103 impresionant\u0103. Redacta, corecta, desf\u0103cea revistele \u0219i c\u0103r\u021bile editate. Lua leg\u0103tura cu bibliotecile jude\u021bene din \u021bar\u0103, trimiteam colete cu c\u0103r\u021bile tip\u0103rite \u0219i cu revista \u201eBr\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d. \u00cen acest fel publica\u021biile editate de<em> Funda\u021bia Cultural\u0103 \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i<\/em>\u201d (inclusiv c\u0103r\u021bile autorilor gorjeni!) au ajuns\u00a0 \u00een toat\u0103 \u021bara \u0219i \u00een toate bibliotecile comunale din jude\u021bul nostru (gra\u021bie d-nei directoare Alexandra Andrei).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prima \u00eent\u00e2lnire cu poetul Nicolae Diaconu s-a produs \u00een toamna anului 1976, c\u00e2nd am \u00eenceput s\u0103 frecventez cenaclul \u201eColumna\u201d, unde era secretar literar. \u0218i aici lua lucrurile \u00een serios: p\u0103stra manuscrisele prezentate \u00een cenaclu, \u021binea un registru cu \u0219edin\u021bele curente\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Avea voca\u021bia construc\u021biei \u0219i a zidirii. \u0218i-a construit o mansard\u0103 deasupra locuin\u021bei (unde inten\u021biona sa \u00eenfiin\u021beze <em>Institutul de cercet\u0103ri \u201eC. Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d\u2026),<\/em> o cas\u0103 la \u201emuica\u201d la \u021aicleni \u0219i s-a zidit pe sine \u00een scrisul s\u0103u, \u00een colec\u021bia de c\u0103r\u021bi \u201eBr\u00e2ncu\u0219iana\u201d \u0219i revista \u201eBr\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d. A fost omul de cultur\u0103 care a dat cea mai mare importan\u021b\u0103 culturii scrise \u00een Gorj (alc\u0103tuise, c\u00e2ndva, \u00een calitate de consilier-\u0219ef, un amplu program editorial, av\u00e2nd \u00een plan \u201e<em>scriitori gorjeni de ieri \u0219i de azi<\/em>\u201d\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00cen anul 1998 N. Diaconu propune \u00eenfiin\u021barea <em>Centrului de Art\u0103 \u0219i Cultur\u0103 \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i<\/em>\u201d \u2013 \u201einstitu\u021bie de rang municipal, din punct de vedere juridic, dar cu voca\u021bie european\u0103 prin deschidere \u0219i programe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">De\u0219i prin Hot\u0103r\u00e2rea Consiliului Local nr. 112\/6.07.1998 de \u00eenfiin\u021bare a Centrului de Art\u0103 \u0219i Cultur\u0103 \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d T\u00e2rgu-Jiu, se puneau, \u00eencep\u00e2nd cu 1.07.1998, bazele institu\u021biei, prin numirea ca \u201edirector interimar\u201d a lui Nicolae Diaconu, lucrurile au luat o \u00eentors\u0103tur\u0103 ciudat\u0103, prin m\u0103sluirea concursului.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cel ce elaborase \u0219i propusese <em>Regulamentul de organizare \u0219i func\u021bionare<\/em> al nou \u00eenfiin\u021batului <em>Centru de Art\u0103 \u0219i Cultur\u0103 \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d<\/em>, proiectase, totodat\u0103, \u0219i un impresionant program de derulare a unor activit\u0103\u021bi de \u00eenalt profesionalism, d\u00e2nd<strong><em> br\u00e2ncu\u0219iologiei <\/em><\/strong>un contur exact \u0219i un impuls de autentic\u0103 efervescen\u021b\u0103 cultural\u0103.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Se preconiza \u00eenfiin\u021barea, \u00een cadrul centrului, a unui <strong><em>Institut Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i<\/em><\/strong>, a unei <strong><em>edituri<\/em> <\/strong>proprii, \u00een care s\u0103 apar\u0103 \u00een continuare revista trimestrial\u0103 \u201e<em>Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i<\/em>\u201d (\u00eenfiin\u021bat\u0103 de el \u00een 1995) \u0219i s\u0103 fie sus\u021binut\u0103 <strong><em>colec\u021bia editorial\u0103<\/em><\/strong> semestrial\u0103 \u201e<em>Br\u00e2ncu\u0219iana<\/em>\u201d. A\u0219adar, \u201eun program cultural de importan\u021b\u0103 na\u021bional\u0103\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">C\u00e2nd se organizau <em>\u201eZilele culturii scrise\u201d<\/em> \u00een Gorj, mergeam cu c\u0103r\u021bile \u0219i revistele editate, \u0219i alte c\u0103r\u021bi, \u00eencerc\u00e2nd s\u0103 ducem \u201elumina\u201d lui Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i, Sorescu \u0219i a autorilor gorjeni \u00een diferite locuri din jude\u021b. Cred c\u0103 poate fi numit un \u201eBadea C\u00e2r\u021ban modern\u201d\u2026 Titlurile de carte \u0219i autorii edita\u021bi ne arat\u0103 c\u0103 Nicolae Diaconu nu a f\u0103cut rabat de la calitate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">De o adev\u0103rat\u0103 pre\u021buire s-a bucurat Nicolae Diaconu din partea lui <strong>Marin Sorescu<\/strong>, \u00eencredin\u021b\u00e2ndu-i rubrica de recenzii \u00een revista \u201e<em>Ramuri<\/em>\u201d (Craiova), apoi la \u201e<em>Literatorul<\/em>\u201d (Bucure\u0219ti), din colegiul de redac\u021bie al c\u0103rora a f\u0103cut parte (\u00een \u201eLiteratorul\u201d au ap\u0103rut primele lu\u0103ri de pozi\u021bie \u00eempotriva \u201e<em>solu\u021biei Varia<\/em>\u201d de restaurare).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ca diriguitor al <strong>Funda\u021biei Culturale \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d<\/strong> (\u00eenfiin\u021bat\u0103 \u00een 1990), ca <em>director de revist\u0103<\/em> \u0219i <em>editur\u0103<\/em>, cu contract aprobat de Adunarea General\u0103 a Funda\u021biei \u201eeu nu sunt \u00abretribuit\u00bb &#8211; scria N. Diaconu \u2013 de la bugetul statului, nici din averea Funda\u021biei, ci m\u0103 pl\u0103tesc singur, cu impozitele legale, v\u00e2nz\u00e2ndu-mi munca \u0219i talentul, ca orice profesionist al scrisului.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diaconu s-a opus, de la \u00eenceput, proiectului de restaurare promovat de Radu Varia, pre\u0219edintele <em>Funda\u021biilor Interna\u021bionale \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d<\/em>, care preconiza dezasamblarea modulelor \u0219i \u00eenlocuirea axului cu unul de o\u021bel inoxidabil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00centruc\u00e2t opozi\u021bia consilierului-\u0219ef de la Tg.-Jiu obstruc\u021biona derularea \u201eproiectului Varia\u201d, la 19 februarie 1996, N. Diaconu este demis prin fax de c\u0103tre ministrul Viorel M\u0103rgineanu (tot prin \u201ejocuri de culise\u201d \u00een aprilie 1995 se ob\u021binuse demiterea lui Marin Sorescu). Va fi desfiin\u021bat \u0219i Complexul Cultural \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d, care nu \u00ee\u0219i realizase scopurile pentru care a fost creat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00centregul dosar al acestei ample \u0219i controversate ac\u021biuni de restaurare se afl\u0103 \u00een cele dou\u0103 c\u0103r\u021bi editate: <strong>Prima carte alb\u0103 asupra Capodoperei<\/strong> (1997) \u0219i <strong>A doua carte alb\u0103 asupra Capodoperei <\/strong>(2001).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Casa natal\u0103<\/em> a sculptorului de la Hobi\u021ba (\u00eenscris\u0103 \u00eentre timp pe lista monumentelor istorice protejate), aflat\u0103 \u0219i azi \u00eentr-o stare de degradare la doar c\u00e2teva zeci de metri de <em>Casa muzeu<\/em> (apar\u021bin\u00e2nd, de fapt, lui Calistrat Blendea \u0219i adus\u0103 acolo \u00een 1970\/71 pe locul unde fusese adev\u0103rata cas\u0103 p\u0103rinteasc\u0103 a sculptorului \u2013 \u201eGorjeanul\u201d, 22 aug. 2001).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00centregul dosar se afl\u0103 \u00een documentarul <strong>Cel de al treilea destin al Casei Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i <\/strong>(Tg.-Jiu, 2002), \u00een care sunt adunate trei studii, semnate de Ion Pogorilovschi (<em>Memoria st\u00e2lpilor casei natale<\/em>, pp.22-41), Doina Frumu\u0219elu (<em>Solu\u021bie de restaurare \u0219i conservare a Casei Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i<\/em>, pp. 42-61) \u0219i Nicolae Diaconu (<em>Cel de-al treilea destin al Casei Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i<\/em>, pp. 7-21).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ion Cepoi \u00een anul 2005 scria: \u201eAm crezut dintotdeauna \u0219i cred \u0219i acum c\u0103 Nicolae ca poet, eseist, redactor al revistelor \u00abLiteratorul\u00bb \u0219i \u00abRamuri\u00bb, f\u0103c\u0103tor el \u00eensu\u0219i de reviste \u0219i c\u0103r\u021bi de anvergur\u0103 na\u021bional\u0103 a fost una dintre cele mai str\u0103lucitoare min\u021bi pe care le-a avut Gorjul ultimelor decenii. Mai mult, a fost printre pu\u021binii gorjeni r\u0103ma\u0219i \u00een Gorj a c\u0103rui personalitate avea dimensiuni na\u021bionale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Un om direct, franc, f\u0103r\u0103 menajamente, dificil pentru cine nu-l cuno\u0219tea. R\u0103m\u00e2ne un reper de cinste \u0219i corectitudine\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nicolae Diaconu a plecat \u00eentr-o mai veche \u201e<em>c\u0103l\u0103torie spre ceilal\u021bi<\/em>\u201d la fel de demn \u0219i de discret cum a locuit printre noi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Zoia Elena DEJU<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NICOLAE DIACONU(12 nov.1947 \u2013 26 iulie 2005) \u00cen perioada septembrie 1996 \u2013 februarie 2001 am avut bucuria de a lucra \u00eempreun\u0103 cu Nicolae Diaconu la Funda\u021bia Cultural\u0103 \u201eConstantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u201d ca \u201edirector economic\u201d (contabil). A fost perioada cea mai prolific\u0103 din &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/?p=706\">Continu\u0103 s\u0103 cite\u0219ti <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709,"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions\/709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uzpr-gorj.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}