{{Short description|Romanian poet, essayist, prose writer and translator (1929–1988)}} '''Modest Morariu''' ({{IPA|ro|modest moraˈri.u}};{{fix|text=needs stress}} August 11, 1929 – April 15, 1988) was a poet, essayist, prose writer and translator from Romania.
Morariu was born in Cernăuți.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturalazi.ro/articole/art.htm?c=11&g=3&arh=1&y=2013&a=1188821|title=Calendar Duminică, 11 August 2013|language=Romanian|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> He was a director of the ''Meridiane'' publishing house,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curierulnational.ro/Specializat/2004-01-13/Editura+“Meridiane”+-+inca+o+victima+a+privatizarilor+pripite|title=Editura "Meridiane" - inca o victima a privatizarilor pripite|publisher=Curierul National|language=Romanian|accessdate=December 24, 2013}}</ref> and translated, amongst others, works by André Malraux, Emil Cioran and Albert Camus into Romanian.
==Books==
===Poems=== *''Povestire cu fantome'', 1968 *''Spectacolul de pantomimă'', 1971 *''Ovăzul sălbatic'', 1974
===Novel=== *''Întoarcerea lui Ulise'', 1982
===Essays=== *''Între relativ şi absolut'', 1979 *''Itinerarii'', 1987
===Fine arts albums=== *''Ion Gheorghiu'', 1966 *''Florin Pucă'', 1974 *''Rousseau le Douanier'', 1975 *''Goya-capricii'', 1974 *''Toulouse-Lautrec'', 1980
==References== {{Reflist}} *Aurel Sasu, ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române (M-Z)'', Paralela 45, 2006 *Dana Dumitriu, in ''România literară'', nr. 44, 1974 *Valeriu Cristea, in ''România literară'', nr. 6, 1976 *Mircea Iorgulescu, ''România literară'', nr. 42, 1979 *Mircea Ivănescu, in ''Transilvania'', nr. 9, 1982 *Mihai Ungheanu, in ''Luceafărul'', nr. 39, 1982
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