Ion Vatamanu (1 May 1937 – 9 August 1993) was a chemist, writer, and politician from
Moldova. He served as member of the
Parliament of Moldova (1990–1994) and chairman of the Committee on Culture of the Parliament of Moldova.[1]
Biography
He was born on 1 May 1937 in the
Costiceni commune of
Hotin County (today,
Chernivtsi Raion,
Chernivtsi Oblast), in the family of Ion and Maria Vatamanu. He graduated from the 7th grade school in his native village, then, attended the middle school in the village of
Vancicuti, which he graduated in 1954.
From 1954 to 1955 he worked as a teacher at the
Costiceni school.[2]
In 1962, he had his debut with the book of poems "First snowflakes".
In 1960, he married Elena Curicheru, a student of
philology and a future interpreter, the daughter of Mihail Curicheru, a Bessarabian writer deported to
Siberia, where he died in 1943.[3]
In 1971, Vatamanu obtained a
Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the
University of Lviv, with thesis Oscillopolographic study of the complexes Bi (3+), Zn (2+), Sb (3+) with appropriate ligands and application of these complexes in analytical chemistry.
In 1973, he was elected as the head of the laboratory at the Chemistry Institute of the
Academy of Science of the Republic of Moldova, this position he held to the end of his life. In all these years of his chemistry career, 1980–1989, Vatamanu published more than 150 scientific papers in the field of analytical chemistry, and received five patents in the field of oscillopolography. Several methods developed by Ion Vatamanu were applied in agriculture and industry of the former
Soviet Union and Moldova, at the testing lands in the
Telenești and
Anenii Noi districts.
In 1978 he published, in collaboration with other scientific workers of the Chemistry Laboratory, the Bibliographic Index of the Polarography Literature (1922-1977).
In 1988 he wrote a monograph on Thermodynamics of hydrolysis of metal ions in collaboration with the young Ph.D. in chemistry Ilie Fitic.
From 1989 to 1991, together with the poet
Leonida Lari, he headed the
Glasul newspaper, the first Latin-based post-war newspaper in the
Republic of Moldova, printed in
Latvia with the support of the Dacia Society.
Between 1991 and 1993 he held the position of the director of the Columna magazine.
Ion Vatamanu (1 May 1937 – 9 August 1993) was a chemist, writer, and politician from
Moldova. He served as member of the
Parliament of Moldova (1990–1994) and chairman of the Committee on Culture of the Parliament of Moldova.[1]
Biography
He was born on 1 May 1937 in the
Costiceni commune of
Hotin County (today,
Chernivtsi Raion,
Chernivtsi Oblast), in the family of Ion and Maria Vatamanu. He graduated from the 7th grade school in his native village, then, attended the middle school in the village of
Vancicuti, which he graduated in 1954.
From 1954 to 1955 he worked as a teacher at the
Costiceni school.[2]
In 1962, he had his debut with the book of poems "First snowflakes".
In 1960, he married Elena Curicheru, a student of
philology and a future interpreter, the daughter of Mihail Curicheru, a Bessarabian writer deported to
Siberia, where he died in 1943.[3]
In 1971, Vatamanu obtained a
Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the
University of Lviv, with thesis Oscillopolographic study of the complexes Bi (3+), Zn (2+), Sb (3+) with appropriate ligands and application of these complexes in analytical chemistry.
In 1973, he was elected as the head of the laboratory at the Chemistry Institute of the
Academy of Science of the Republic of Moldova, this position he held to the end of his life. In all these years of his chemistry career, 1980–1989, Vatamanu published more than 150 scientific papers in the field of analytical chemistry, and received five patents in the field of oscillopolography. Several methods developed by Ion Vatamanu were applied in agriculture and industry of the former
Soviet Union and Moldova, at the testing lands in the
Telenești and
Anenii Noi districts.
In 1978 he published, in collaboration with other scientific workers of the Chemistry Laboratory, the Bibliographic Index of the Polarography Literature (1922-1977).
In 1988 he wrote a monograph on Thermodynamics of hydrolysis of metal ions in collaboration with the young Ph.D. in chemistry Ilie Fitic.
From 1989 to 1991, together with the poet
Leonida Lari, he headed the
Glasul newspaper, the first Latin-based post-war newspaper in the
Republic of Moldova, printed in
Latvia with the support of the Dacia Society.
Between 1991 and 1993 he held the position of the director of the Columna magazine.