Virgil Botnaru

Virgil Botnaru (born 8 August 1988 in Sângerei) is a Moldovan poet, prose writer, essayist, screenwriter and cultural journalist. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Alecu Russo State University of Bălți and researched the aesthetics of ugliness in Romanian poetry from post-1990 Bessarabia. He has produced audiovisual materials promoting books and reading and is a member of the Writers’ Union of Moldova. His debut collection, Return to Innocence, received both the Chișinău International Book Fair Prize and the Writers’ Union of Moldova Debut Prize.

Return to Innocence — Întoarcere la inocență / Return to Innocence – 2014

Schimbare de altitudine – 2017

Alibi / Alibi – 2022

Dress code pentru muze / Dress Code for Muses – 2022

Oameni concreți / Real People – 2022

Motive de sâmbătă / Reasons for Saturday – 2025

De șapte ori mai greu (volum de versuri „la patru mâini”cu profesorul Anatol Moraru) / Seven Times Harder (a collaborative poetry collection with Professor Anatol Moraru) – 2026