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Prize for essay of the Moldovan Writers' Union, 2001.Prize for essay of the Writers' Union of Romania, 1999.Prize for debut (prose) of the Moldovan Writers' Union, 1991,.He is a member of the International PEN Center (subsidiary Chişinău) since 1995 and president of Moldova PEN Centre since 2004, member of the Writers' Union of Romania since 1993, member of the Moldovan Writers' Union since 1992 and member of the Group for Social Dialogue Bucharest since 2004. Since 1994, he is editor-in-chief of Contrafort-magazine. From 1986 to 1993, he was editor and editor-in-chief at the Hyperion Publishing House.

He studied journalism at the University of Chişinău. He is the editor in chief of Contrafort He is a member of the Writers' Union of Romania, the Moldovan Writers' Union and the Group for Social Dialogue. Vitalie Ciobanu (born in Floreşti) is a journalist from the Republic of Moldova. Prize for essay of the Moldovan Writers' Union, 2001. Prize for essay of the Writers' Union of Romania, 1999 Prize for debut of the Moldovan Writers' Union, 1991
