Vitalie Ciobanu (born 4 May 1964 in Floreşti) is a journalist from the

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. He is the editor in chief of Contrafort He is a member of the

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Biography

He studied journalism at the University of Chişinău. From 1986 to 1993, he was editor and editor-in-chief at the Hyperion Publishing House. Since 1994, he is editor-in-chief of Contrafort-magazine. He is a member of the International PEN Center (subsidiary Chişinău) since 1995 and president of Moldova PEN Centre since 2004, member of the

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Awards

*Prize for debut (prose) of the

, 1991, *Prize for essay of the

, 1999; *Prize for essay of the

, 2001.

Works

* "Literature Express. A look at Europe from train's window" (a diary realized with Vasile Garnet); "The Anatomia of geopolitical failure: Republic of Moldova" (political essays), Polirom Publishing House, Iasi, 2005; * "The Waltz on Scaffold. 30 literary pretexts and one Prague diary", Cartier Publishing House, Chisinau, 2001; * "The Fear from difference" (articles, essays, literary chronicles), Romanian Cultural Fondation, Bucharest, 1999; * "The Change Post" (novel), Hyperion Publishing House Chisinau, 1991; – present in "Europaexpress. Ein literarisches Reisebuch". Eichborn, Berlin, 2001; in "The moment of truth", anthology of contemporary Romanian essayists, Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 1996; in "Donumenta", Regensburg-München-Berlin (2004).

Bibliography

*''Anatomia unui faliment geopolitic: Republica Moldova'',

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, 2005, editura

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. *''Frica de diferență. Eseuri și articole'', București, 1999 . *''Momentul adevărului. Antologie de eseuri românești contemporane'', Cluj 1996 . *''Schimbarea din strajă''. Hyperion, Chișinău 1991 .

References

External links

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Officialwebsite

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