Ștefan Baștovoi (; born 4 August 1976 in

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), best known as Savatie BaștovoiEmisiunea „Moldova, țară de minune” din 27 septembrie 2015

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, essayist,

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, painter,

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and Romanian writer of the

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. He became a member of the Writers' Union of

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in 1996. He was also a moderator of a television show.

Selected works

* ''Elefantul promis'', (poem) (1996) * ''Cartea războiului'', (poem) (1997) * ''Peştele pescar (o poveste)'', (poem) (1998) * ''Casa timpului'' (poem) (1999) * ''Idol sau icoană?'' (2000) * ''Ortodoxia pentru postmodernişti'' (with Nicolae Balotă, Andrei Kuraev and Dumitru Crudu) * ''Iepurii nu mor'', (novel) (2002; ed. a II-a, 2007) * ''Nebunul'', (novel) (2006)

Referenced criticism

* Mihai Cimpoi, ''O istorie deschisă a literaturii române din Basarabia'', Ed. Porto-Franco, 1997 * Mircea Cărtărescu, ''Postmodernismul românesc'', Ed. Humanitas, 1999 * Ion Bogdan Lefter, ''Scriitori români din anii '80–'90. Dicţionar bio-bibliografic'', vol. I, Ed. Paralela 45, 2000

References

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