Alexe Rău, also transliterated from Russian as Alexei Rau ( Russian: Алексей Рэу) (23 December 1953 — 8 April 2015), was a Moldovan philologist, library scientist, librarian, educator, editor, poet, essayist, and philosopher (Ph.D.). During 1992-2015 he was director of the National Library of Moldova. ^{[1] [2]}

Alexe Rău held several awards from the Union of Writers and Union of Artists, as well as other prizes awards and decorations: ^[1]

• Премия «Золотое перо» бухарестского журнала «Библиотека» за книговедческие эссе (1993)
• Диплом ЮНЕСКО (2002)
• Медаль Европейского Союза (2002)
• Золотая медаль Фонда отличий в Женеве (2005)
• Meritul Civiс medal [ ro] (1996)
• Mihai Eminescu medal [ ro] (2002)
• Romanian Order For Merit, Commander's grade (2000)
• Орден Почета (2010)
• Премия Министерства культуры Республики Молдова (2011)
• Трофей ЮНЕСКО (2012)
• почетное звание «Заслуженный деятель культуры» (2012).