title: Dumitru Matcovschi
text: # Dumitru Matcovschi
  
  Dumitru Matcovschi (20 October 1939 – 26 June 2013) was a writer from Moldova who was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He was a founder of the Popular Front of Moldova.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Dumitru Matcovschi was born to Leonte and Eudochia Matcovschi on 20 October 1939 in Vadul-Raşcov, then in Romania. He graduated from the Moldova State University in 1961. Dumitru Matcovschi was a founder of the Democratic Movement of Moldova and Popular Front of Moldova. Matcovschi died on 26 June 2013 following surgery on 14 June to remove a brain tumor.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Honorary citizen Chişinău
  