romanian Ciobanu Ivan Dmitrievici (scriitor, filolog, director al In-tului de istorie, limbă şi lit. (1946-52), rectorul Institutului Pedagogic din Chişinău(1952-56))
english Ciobanu Ivan (writer, linguist, director of In-tute for history, lang. and lit. (1946-52), rector of Pedagogical Institute from Chisinau(1952-56)) translated by: Ţurcan Nicu - nepotul lui A.Lupan


Ciobanu Ivan - writer, linguist, director of In-tute for history, lang. and lit. (1946-52), rector of Pedagogical Institute from Chisinau(1952-56)
Ciobanu (Ceban) Ivan Dmitrievici (born 25.4.1910, Old-Culnaia, Kotovsk, Odessa) – scientist, writer. Doctor in philology (1975). Has finished the Pedagogical Institute in Tiraspol (1932). Since 1933 is working in pedagogical and scientist area. During the Second World War was literature worker in the paper “Za sovetskuiu Moldaviu” and responsible editor for moldavian broadcasts of Radio Committee in Moscow. Director of History, Language and Literature Institute by the Moldavian branch of USSR Academy of Science (1946-1952), director of Pedagogical Institute “I.Creanga” in Chisinau (1952-1956). Chief of folklore section of Language and Literature Institute ba Academy of Science MSSR (1956-1979). Since 1979 – scientific consultant in the same section. Author of more than 240 works. As linguist writes articles regarding different aspects of moldavian language, participate to the elaboration of cyrillic alphabet for moldavian language, is one of founder of moldavian spelling and grammar as different from romanian.
As writer began with “Beautiful girl”(1939), after appear “Godfather and godson”(1941), “At sunrise” etc. that are describing the socialist transformations in the village, heroism of soviet people in the War etc. President of Moldavian Committee for Peace since 1951.

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