Mihai Cimpoi (born 3 September 1942) is a Moldovan politician, a distinguished cultural scientist, Romanian academician, critic and literary historian, eminescologist, literary editor and Bessarabian essayist. "Emeritus of the Republic of Moldova", two decades elected president of the Union of Writers of Moldova, deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova between 1999 and 2001, Mihai Cimpoi is the author of some fundamental works such as: "An Open History of the Romanian literature in Bessarabia" (in several editions) and "Mihai Eminescu. Encyclopedic Dictionary" - a unique monumental work. Mihai Cimpoi is the author and developer of the long-term project "The World Congress of Eminescologists", launched in 2012 and became a tradition.
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