Education
After completing high school in Arad, he studied philology in Sibiu, where the University of Cluj had moved in the wake of the Hungarian occupation of Northern Transylvania.
After completing high school in Arad, he studied philology in Sibiu, where the University of Cluj had moved in the wake of the Hungarian occupation of Northern Transylvania.
Here he joined the Sibiu Literary Circle, a group formed around Lucian Blaga. Doinaş published his first volume of poems, Cartea mareelor, in 1964. Some of his most famous works include: Omul cu compasul, Seminţia lui Laokoon, Anotimpul discret, Interiorul unui poem, and Lamentaţii.
Doinaş died of throat cancer.
Writers" Union of Romania]
In 1992, he became a member of the Romanian Academy, and in 2002, honorary president of the Writers" Union of Romania.