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 The Moldova State University (Romanian: ''Universitatea de Stat din Moldova'') is a university located in Chișinău, Moldova. History The university was founded on 1 October 1946. Initially, it had 320 students enrolled in 5 faculties, Physi ...

in 1962 and got his PhD in 1965. He worked for

, "Cartea Moldovenească", "Literatura artistică", "Hyperion", Glasul Naţiunii, Editura Litera. Between 1987 and 1990 he was a leader of the

Moldovan Writers' Union The Writers' Union of Moldova () is a professional association of writers in Moldova. Mihai Cimpoi has been the president of the Writers' Union of Moldova since 1991. External links Uniunea Scriitorilor din Republica MoldovaC. Tănase Scris ...

. He has been working for the Institute of Philology of the

Academy of Sciences of Moldova The Academy of Sciences of Moldova ( ro, Academia de Științe a Moldovei), established in 1961, is the main scientific organization of Moldova and coordinates research in all areas of science and technology. Ion Tighineanu has been the head of t ...

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

Awards

* Om emerit, 1990 * Gloria Muncii, 1996 * Medalia "Mihai Eminescu", 2000 * Diploma săptămânalului Literatura şi Arta "pentru tenacitatea cu care apără limba română", 2003 * Diploma revistei Limba Română "pentru eleganţa şi profunzimea discursului, colaborare permanentă şi contribuţie substanţială la ocrotirea şi promovarea "celui mai sfânt şi mai scump odor" – Limba Română", 2001 * Premiul Pro didactica al Ministerului Culturii, 2009 * Laureat al publicaţiilor Literatura şi Arta (1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009),

Moldova Suverană Moldova Suverană () is a Romanian language official newspaper of the Moldovan government which is published daily in Chișinău. It had a circulation of 100,000 copies per day in 1994. It was founded in the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialis ...

(1990, 1993). * Membru al colegiilor de redacţie ale revistelor

Limba Română Romanian (obsolete spellings: Rumanian or Roumanian; autonym: ''limba română'' , or ''românește'', ) is the official and main language of Romania and the Republic of Moldova. As a minority language it is spoken by stable communities in t ...

, Viaţa Basarabiei, Revistă de lingvistică şi ştiinţă literară. * The award for literary criticism

Works

* ''Caractere şi conflicte'', Chişinău (1968), * ''Articole şi cronici literare'', Chişinău (1969), * ''Itinerar critic'', Chişinău (1973), * ''Unele probleme de estetică'', Chişinău (1973), * ''Dialog continuu'', Chişinău (1977), * ''Podurile vieţii şi ale creaţiei'', Chişinău (1978), * ''Clipa de graţie'', Chişinău (1980), * ''Paşii lui Vladimir Curbet'', Chişinău (1982), * ''Permanenţe'', Chişinău (1983), * ''Argumentul de rigoare'', Chişinău (1985), * ''Dreptul la critică'', Chişinău (1993). * ''Reflecţii şi atitudini'', Chişinău (1993), * ''Dincolo de literă'', Timişoara (1998), * ''Literatura română contemportană din Republica Moldova'', Chişinău (1998), * ''Rigorile şi splendorile prozei rurale'', Chişinău (2000), * ''Scriitori de ieri şi de azi '' București (2004), * ''Ion Ciocanu. Biobibliografie'' Chişinău, Ed. Museum (2005). * ''Atât de drag... Microeseuri de dragoste pentru cuvânt'', Chişinău, (1995), * ''Zborul frânt al limbii române'' (1999), * ''Realitatea în cuvânt şi cuvântul în realitate'' (2002), * ''Conştientizarea greşelii'' (2003), * ''Temelia nemuririi noastre'', Chişinău, (2005).

Bibliography

* '' Povară sau tezaur sfânt?'' Culegere de articole (scrse cu alfabet rusesc) alcătuită de Ilie Lupan, Chişinău, 1989 * ''Ciocanu, Ion'', ''Reflecţii şi atitudini'', Chişinău, Editura Hyperion, 1992 * ''Ciocanu, Ion'', ''Atât de drag... Microeseuri de dragoste pentru cuvânt'', Chişinău, 1995 * ''Ciocanu, Ion'', ''Literatura română contemportană din Republica Moldova'', Chişinău, 1998 * ''Ciocanu, Ion'', '' Zborul frânt al limbii române,'' Chişinău, 1999 * ''Ciocanu, Ion'', '' Conştientizarea greşelii'', Chişinău, Editura Litera, 2003

References

External links

Timpul de dimineaţă ''Timpul'' (Romanian for "The Time") is a literary magazine published in Romania. Originally a political newspaper, it was the official platform of the Conservative Party between 1876 and 1914. The publication is still active (2018) and publishe ...

Ion Ciocanu, un strajer al limbii
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Vocea Basarabiei Vocea Basarabiei ( en, Voice of Bessarabia) is a Romanian language radio station in Moldova. History Vocea Basarabiei was launched on 18 June 2000 in Nisporeni. The Audiovisual Coordinating Council refused in 2002 and 2003 to register Vocea ...

Ion Ciocanu – la 70 de ani

Ion Ciocanu: Un "plebeu" în arenă
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Ion Ciocanu – la 70 de ani

Ion Ciocanu, ''Scriitorul între cele două cenzuri''. Sud-Est, 2000

''A venit timpul ca moldovenii sa evolueze spiritual''... Dialog cu Ion Ciocanu, scriitor, doctor habilitat in filologie

A treia Conferinţă Internaţională a Centrului PEN Român

* * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20071025221731/http://www.contrafort.md/2002/98/465_34.html ''Basarabia şi România – un deceniu de integrare literară'' (34), Interviu. ''Contrafort''
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