[2] Upon graduating, she was unable to enroll in the University of Bucharest due to anti-Jewish laws, instead attending the private College for Jewish Students in 1943–1944.
She also wrote for Lumea (headed by George Călinescu), Contemporanul, Flacăra, Viața Românească, Gazeta literară, Steaua, Tribuna, Ateneu, Orizont and Luceafărul.
Some of her poems, such as Baladă pentru 1 Mai (Ballad for May Day, 1949) and Către centrul de votare (Towards the Voting Center, 1952) were published in the official Communist Party newspaper, Scînteia.
It was only with the 1961 Diminețile simple that her work again became more personal, giving lyric touches to daily, often domestic, happenings; this tendency is apparent in her following books, from Memoria cuvintelor (1963) to Voce (1974).
Her numerous, well-done translations include works by Friedrich Schiller, Jean Racine, Louise Labé, Emily Dickinson, Rafael Alberti, Miklós Radnóti, Attila József and contemporary Nordic poets.