# Modest Morariu

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{{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](/source/Romania).

Morariu was born in [Cernăuți](/source/Chernivtsi).<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](/source/Executive_director) of the ''Meridiane'' [publishing house](/source/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](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Malraux), [Emil Cioran](/source/Emil_Cioran) and [Albert Camus](/source/Albert_Camus) into [Romanian](/source/Romanian_language).

==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](/source/Francisco_Goya)-capricii'', 1974
*''[Toulouse-Lautrec](/source/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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Category:1929 births
Category:1988 deaths
Category:Romanian male poets
Category:Writers from Chernivtsi
Category:20th-century Romanian poets
Category:20th-century Romanian male writers

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