Vasile Tărâțeanu (
Ukrainian: Василь Дмитрович Терицану; 27 September 1945 – 8 August 2022) was a Ukrainian writer and activist of
Romanian ethnicity.
Biography
Vasile Tărâțeanu was born to Elena and Dumitru Tărâțeanu on 27 September 1945. He graduated from the
Chernivtsi University in 1972. Tărâțeanu worked for the
Romanian-language newspaper Zorile Bucovinei (1969–1981) and for
Radio Kiev (1981–1991).[1]
In 1989, he founded the Mihai Eminescu Society for Romanian Culture and in 2000, he became the president of the House of the Romanian Language Cultural Foundation in
Chernivtsi (Cernăuți). He was
editor-in-chief of Plai românesc (1990–1994), Arcașul, Curierul de Cernăuți and Junimea.[1][2]