Constantin Cheianu (born 21 September 1959) is a

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, prose writer,

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and

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and

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from the

Republic of Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised ...

. As a dramaturg at the National Theatre in Chişinău, he adapted multiple novels for the stage. In 1993, together with the movie director Alexandru Vasilache he became co-founder of the Pocket Theatre (). Together with Anatol Durbala he leads the show ''Ora de Râs'' at Jurnal TV. After graduating from the Faculty of Letters of the

Moldova State University Moldova State University (USM; Romanian language, Romanian: ''Universitatea de Stat din Moldova'') is a university located in Chișinău, Moldova. It was founded in 1946, and initially had five faculties, Physics and Mathematics, Geology and Ped ...

in Chișinău (1982), he became the editor of ''

Literatura și Arta ''Literatura şi Arta'' (Romanian for "Literature and Art") is a weekly newspaper from Chişinău, Moldova. History The first edition was printed in 1977. The first editor in chief was Victor Teleucă Victor Teleucă (19 January 1933 – ...

'' newspaper, where he starts with the short novel "Roua nouă".

Biography

Constantin Cheianu was born on 21 September 1959 in Truşeni. He studied philology at

before working as an author and editor for newspapers, magazines and radio. He has written about ten plays performed in

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and

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. He worked for Literatura şi Arta,

Contrafort ''Contrafort'' was a Moldovan magazine focused on the contemporary Moldovan literature and culture and published from 1994 until 2021 in Chișinău, Moldova. References External links * Contrafort - 15 ani (Ce înseamnă și ce a însemn ...

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, Jurnal de Chişinău,

Timpul de dimineaţă ''Timpul'' (Romanian language, Romanian for "The Time") is a literary magazine published in Romania. Originally a political newspaper, it was the official platform of the Conservative Party (Romania, 1880-1918), Conservative Party between 1876 an ...

Ministry of Culture (Moldova) The Ministry of Culture () is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova. The current minister is Sergiu Prodan. He has raised complaints due to the neglectance of culture in the Moldovan Government and the low salaries that th ...

Awards

* 1998 an Award for Dramaturgy given by the Writers’ Union of Moldova for the “Luminist” book * 1999 the Award for Prose given by Writers’ Union of Moldova “Totul despre mine” (All about me) book * 2008 Grand Prix for the play “ Luna la Monkberry” (The moon at Mokberry) * Grand Prize at the National Drama Festival ()

Works

* "Totul despre mine", 1999 * „Sex & Perestroika”, Editura „Cartier”, 2009Lansare de carte – Sex & Perestroika, de Constantin Cheianu

References

External links

Constantin Cheianu

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