"[4] After graduating from the Girls' High School in Câmpulung in 1957,[6] she originally trained as an accountant,[3] then studied at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy.

[5] She went on to publish over a dozen volumes of poetry, starting with Pasărea tăiată in 1967, and notably including Ardere de tot, Urcarea muntelui, Skärseldsberget, and the anthology Linia vieții.

[7] In 1980, she became the editor of the magazine Viața Românească, where she published such authors as Constantin Noica and Gabriel Liiceanu, among other members of the Păltiniș school [ro].

[4] Before 1989 and the Romanian Revolution, she also worked for the public TV station Televiziunea Română, the magazine Argeș, and the animation studio Animafilm.

[2][3] After 1989, she worked for the sociopolitical weekly Revista 22, as chief editor of the publishing house Litera, and for the literary magazine România Literară.