Lucia Ciocan

Lucia Ciocan (born in 1975 in Voinova, Strășeni) is an editor and cultural manager and the General Director of ARC Publishing House in Chișinău. She graduated from the Faculty of Letters of Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University and worked in radio before joining the publishing house. At ARC she has been responsible for public relations, editorial projects, copyright and international cooperation. As a copyright manager, she developed particular expertise in children’s publishing, including title selection, negotiation of translation rights and coordination of the editorial process. She has represented both ARC and Moldova’s publishing sector at the Bologna and Frankfurt international book fairs. Under her leadership, ARC publishes literature, children’s books, educational works, dictionaries, art albums and academic volumes.