What is Margareta Niculescu?
[[File:Margareta Niculescu 1978.jpg|thumb|Niculescu in 1978]] '''Margareta Niculescu''' (4 January 1926 &ndash; 19 August 2018) was a Romanian artist, [[puppeteer]], director, teacher and theater director. She was director of [[Tandarica Theatre of Bucharest]]. She was born in [[Iaşi]], [[Romania]]. From 2000 until 2004 she was president of the [[UNIMA|International Puppetry Association]] in [[Charleville-Mezieres]], in [[Ardennes]], and co-founded with [[Jacques Felix (artist)|Jacques Felix]], the [[National School of Puppetry Arts]] in that city. In 1978 she won the [[Erasmus Prize]] together with other noted puppeteers [[Yves Joly]], [[Peter Schumann]] and the Napoli brothers. Niculescu died on 19 August 2018 in [[Charleville-Mézières]], France at the age of 92.<ref>[https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/ardennes/charleville-mezieres/deces-margareta-niculescu-co-fondatrice-ecole-nationale-superieure-marionnette-charleville-mezieres-1528350.html Décès de Margareta Niculescu, co-fondatrice de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Marionnette de Charleville-Mézières] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Niculesku, Margareta}} [[Category:Artists]] [[Category:Romanian educators]] [[Category:Puppeteers]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:1926 births]]