Ion Ciocanu

Ion Ciocanu
Ciocanu in 2011
Born(1940-01-18)January 18, 1940
Tabani, Kingdom of Romania
DiedJuly 2, 2021(2021-07-02) (aged 81)
Chișinău, Moldova
EducationMoldova State University
AwardsOm emerit
Gloria muncii

Ion Ciocanu (18 January 1940 – 2 July 2021) was a Moldovan literary critic.

Biography

Ion Ciocanu was born on January 18, 1940, in Tabani, Briceni, then in Romania. Ion Ciocanu graduated from Moldova State University in 1962 and got his PhD in 1965. He worked for Moldova State University, "Cartea Moldovenească", "Literatura artistică", "Hyperion", Glasul Naţiunii, Editura Litera. Between 1987 and 1990 he was a leader of the Moldovan Writers' Union. He has been working for the Institute of Philology of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova since 2001.

Between 1993 and 1994, Ion Ciocanu served as Director General of the State Department of Languages (Romanian: Departamentul de Stat al Limbilor) and between 1998 and 2001 he served as the head of the Division of the Promotion of Official Language (Romanian: Direcţia Promovare a Limbii Oficiale).

Awards

Works

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Ion Ciocanu – la 70 de ani
  2. ↑ Vocea Basarabiei, Ion Ciocanu – la 70 de ani Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Natalya Prikhodko, "Russians Aren't Eager to Study the State Language," Nezavisimavagazeta, p. 3, (15 July 1993), cited in The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press XLV(28)pp. 26-27 (1993).
  4. ↑ Vocea Basarabiei, Ion Ciocanu – la 70 de ani Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Annual Literary Prizes awarded". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-07-31.