Vadim Pirogan (28 June 1921 – 16 January 2007) was a
Bessarabia
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n activist and author. He was the head of the Communist Regime Victims Association and a member of the
Moldovan Writers' Union
The Writers' Union of Moldova () is a professional association of writers in Moldova.
Mihai Cimpoi had been the president of the Writers' Union of Moldova between 1991 and 2010. As of 2023, the president is Teo Chiriac, elected in 2021.
Refere ...
.
Biography
Vadim Pirogan was born on 28 June 1921 in
Bălţi. His father
Ştefan Pirogan was
mayor of Bălţi
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(1923–1934). He attended
high school
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in
Bălţi, where
Eugen Coşeriu,
Sergiu Grossu,
Valeriu Gafencu,
Ovidiu Creangă
Ovidiu Creangă (February 14, 1921 – December 4, 2017) was a Romanian activist and author. He served as an official of the Ministry of Economy (Romania) and taught at the Politehnica University of Bucharest. He lived in Canada from 1982 until hi ...
,
Valentin Mândâcanu
Valentin Mândâcanu (27 July 1930 – 29 October 2012) was a writer and politician from Republic of Moldova.
Mândâcanu was a founder of the Democratic Movement of Moldova. He was elected in 1990 election and served as member of the Parliame ...
were his classmates
[ Literatura şi Arta]
Un apostol al Neamului Romвnesc
/ref> Vadim Pirogan was arrested on 25 June 1941 and for five years, he was imprisoned at Tayshet
Tayshet ( rus, Тайшет, p=tɐjˈʂɛt, lit. ''cold river'' in the Kott language) is a town and the administrative center of Tayshetsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the obl ...
forced labour camp.
Vadim Pirogan married to Veronica in 1952. He graduated from Lviv Polytechnic
Lviv Polytechnic National University () is a public university in Lviv, Ukraine, founded in 1816. According to the Times Higher Education, as of 2024, it ranks first as a technical institution of higher education and second among all instit ...
. He used to live in Lviv
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, but in 1989 he moved in Chişinău. Vadim Pirogan founded the Muzeul Memoriei Neamului in 2002. He was the president of the Communist Regime Victims Association () beginning in 1999.
Works
*Vadim Pirogan, Cu gandul la tine, Basarabia mea
*Vadim Pirogan, Pe drumurile pribegiei
*Vadim Pirogan, Timpuri si oameni
*Vadim Pirogan and Boris Movila, Destine romanesti
*Vadim Pirogan, Calvarul
See also
* Muzeul Memoriei Neamului
External links
Muzeul Memoriei Neamului
website
Notes
1921 births
Romanian people of Moldovan descent
2007 deaths
Moldovan writers
Moldovan male writers
People from Bălți
Lviv Polytechnic alumni
Soviet writers
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