Ilie Motrescu
Ilie Motrescu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 August 1941 Crasna Putnei, Romania (now Krasnoilsk, Ukraine) |
| Died | 26 July 1969 (aged 27) Forests around Krasnoilsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Writer, publicist |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Education | Alecu Russo Pedagogical Institute |
Ilie Motrescu (18 August 1941 – 26 July 1969) was a Romanian writer and publicist in Soviet Ukraine. Born in Crasna Putnei, he became teacher of Romanian language and literature and later editor at the Romanian-language newspaper Zorile Bucovinei following his graduation from the Alecu Russo Pedagogical Institute in Bălți in 1964. He disappeared in the summer of 1969, having reportedly been killed by the KGB, and is today a martyr among the Romanian minority in Ukraine.