
Also, it was translated into many languages. The novel was reprinted seven times in Romanian and scooped the Romanian Writers' Union Award.

Gabriela Adamesteanu compelled recognition with her maiden novel titled Wasted Morning (1984). Gabriela Adameșteanu is one of the best-known Romanian women writers and journalists she is also a many-time award-winning author.

Her birthday anniversary was celebrated at the Museum of Romanian Literature. Gabriela Adamesteanu turned 80 on April 2nd, 2022. Critically-acclaimed novelist and journalist Gabriela Adamesteanu's exceptional qualities as a fiction writer have from the early days of her career recommended the author as a canonic author in contemporary Romanian literature.
