Teo Chiriac

Teo Chiriac (born 29 May 1956 in Coșernița) is a poet, essayist and journalist, and one of the important voices of contemporary Romanian-language poetry in the Republic of Moldova. He graduated in Journalism from the Faculty of Philology at Moldova State University in 1979. He worked for Moldova’s National Radio and for the Literatura Artistică and Hyperion publishing houses. He is editor-in-chief of Revista literară and, since 2021, President of the Writers’ Union of Moldova. A member of the writers’ unions of both Moldova and Romania, he has published poetry and essays in journals and anthologies at home and abroad. His distinctions include the National Prize for Literature and several awards of the Writers’ Union of Moldova.

Lucrare de control / Test Paper – 1987

Salonul 33 / Salon 33 – 1989

Critica irațiunii pure / Critique of Pure Irrationality – 1996

Monstrul Sacru (Scările lui Teo) / The Sacred Monster (Teo’s Stairs) – 2009

Cer lângă cer / Sky Beside Sky – 2011

Sufletul meu de până la Big Bang / My Soul Before the Big Bang – 2016

Fricțiunea dintre totul și nimic. Teofanii în format A4 / The Friction Between Everything and Nothing: Theophanies in A4 Format – 2019

Lumea, între paranoia și metanoia / The World Between Paranoia and Metanoia – 2026