Modest Morariu (; August 11, 1929 – April 15, 1988) was a poet, essayist, prose writer and translator from Romania.
Morariu was born in Cernăuți. He was a director of the Meridiane publishing house, and translated, amongst others, works by André Malraux, Emil Cioran and Albert Camus into Romanian.
Books
Poems Povestire cu fantome, 1968 Spectacolul de pantomimă, 1971 Ovăzul sălbatic, 1974
Novel Întoarcerea lui Ulise, 1982
Essays Între relativ şi absolut, 1979 Itinerarii, 1987
Fine arts albums Ion Gheorghiu, 1966 Florin Pucă, 1974 Rousseau le Douanier, 1975 Goya-capricii, 1974 Toulouse-Lautrec, 1980
References
Aurel Sasu, Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române (M-Z), Paralela 45, 2006 Dana Dumitriu, in România literară, nr. 44, 1974 Valeriu Cristea, in România literară, nr. 6, 1976 Mircea Iorgulescu, România literară, nr. 42, 1979 Mircea Ivănescu, in Transilvania, nr. 9, 1982 Mihai Ungheanu, in Luceafărul, nr. 39, 1982