Mihai Cimpoi

Mihai Cimpoi (born 3 September 1942) is a

Mihai Cimpoi was born on 3 September 1942 into the family of Ilie and Ana Cimpoi, peasants from the commune of Larga, Hotin County, Kingdom of Romania.^[5] The future academician, after primary and secondary education, graduated from the Faculty of Philology from Chișinău (1965), after which he became the editor of the magazine "Nistru" (until 1972) and a consultant of the Union of Writers. In 1973, his signature and public activity are forbidden, because he "dared" to address the aesthetic critique of the Călinescian origin instead of the official, sociologistic.

He was a member of the

Activity

He is employed as editor at the "Moldovan Book" (1974) and "Artistic Literature" (1977-1982), literary secretary at the National Theater (1982-1983) and Lyric Theater "Alexei Mateevici"(1986-1987). Since May 1987 he has been elected secretary of the Steering Committee of the

• Honorary member of the Romanian Academy, 1991
• Member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, 1992
• Member of
  Writers Union of Romania
• Member of the World Writers' Organization

Honorary titles

• Doctor honoris Causa of the Tiraspol State University^[8]

External links

• Site-ul Parlamentului Republicii Moldova
• Alianţa Moldova Noastră

References