Ion Ciocanu

For the politician with a similar name, see Ion Ciocan.
Ion Ciocanu
Born January 18, 1940(1940-01-18)
Tabani, Briceni
Nationality Romania,
USSR,
Moldova
Ethnicity Romanian
Alma mater Moldova State University
Religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Awards Om emerit
Gloria muncii

Ion Ciocanu (born January 18, 1940, Tabani) is a literary critic and former official from the Republic of Moldova.[1]

Contents

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 1987-1990 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.[2]

Between 1993-1994, Ion Ciocanu served as Director General of the State Department of Languages (Romanian: Departamentul de Stat al Limbilor)[3] 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
  3. ^ Natalya Prikhodko, "Russians Aren't Eager to Study the State Languaee," 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
  5. ^ Annual Literary Prizes awarded

External links