We of the Butnaru, Moldova/ Romania.Встречаем поэта мира Лео Бутнару из Румынии

Leo Butnaru, Moldova/ Romania Poet, writer, essayist, translator, exegete of the avant-garde, he was born in Negureni commune, Orhei county, on 5 January 1949. He graduated in Journalism and Philology from the University of The Republic of Moldova (1972). He worked as editor and editor-in-chief for the periodical publications Tinerimea Moldovei, Literatura și arta and Moldova. He made his debut with the booklet of poems Wing Of Light (1976). In January 1977 he became a member of the Writers’Union of USSR; in September of the same year, once his signature was made invalid, he was dismissed from the editorial board of the newspaper Tinerimea Moldovei because he had promoted the publication of an essay that ran counter to the official ideological direction. Between1990-1993 he served as vice-president of the Writers’ Union of The Republic of Moldova. Since 1993 he has been a member of the Writers’ Union of Romania,and President of its Chişinău Branch. A selection of his books have been tr