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Victor Pinzaru, a poet and translator who became a monk, died in Moldova

On November 3, 2026, at the age of 74, the famous Moldovan poet, translator, publicist and publisher Victor Pinzaru, who in the last years of his life bore the monastic name Irineu, died. The Writers' Union of Moldova announced the death of the literary figure.

Victor Pynzaru was born on February 4, 1953 in the village of Dragosh-Voda, Drochievo district, which was later renamed Ilyichevka.

He developed an interest in reading and literature as a child, and he began writing his first poems in elementary school. After the family moved to Drochia, Victor Pinzaru continued his studies at secondary school No. 1, which today is called the Theoretical Lyceum. Mihai Eminescu.

Later, Victor studied at the Pedagogical Institute. Ion Creanga in Chisinau and at the Latvian State University in Riga, where he studied Latvian philology. The poet Grigore Vieru helped and advised him to continue his university education in Latvia.

Victor Pinzaru first published his poems in 1969. Even then, Grigore Vieru drew attention to him, who dedicated the article “The Youngest Poet”, published in the newspaper, to the young author...