Background
Leonida Lari was born on October 26, 1949 in Bursuceni, Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the former Soviet Socialist Republics of the Soviet Union.
Leonida Lari was born on October 26, 1949 in Bursuceni, Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the former Soviet Socialist Republics of the Soviet Union.
Leonida Lari graduated from the State University of Chişinău, Moldova, with a major in philology.
Her parents, Ion and Nadejda Tuchilatu, were teachers. Lari had a younger brother, Leonard Tuchilatu, also a poet, who died when he was only 24 of kidney failure after being exposed to radiation under suspicious circumstances while under mandatory service in the Soviet army. She worked at the Museum of Literature "Doctorate. Cantemir" in Chişinau (1971–1973), was an editor for the journal "Literatură şi Artă" (1985–1988), as well as editor-in-chief (1988–2003) of "Glasul Națiunii," the first publication in the Latin alphabet in the republic of Moldova.
Leonida Lari was one of the leaders of the movement for national emancipation in Bessarabia between 1988 and 1991.
Between 1990 and 1992, Leonida Lari served as the president of the Christian Democratic League of Women (one of the constituent components of the Social Liberal Party from 2001). Between 1992 and 2008, Leonida Lari was a representative to the Parliament of Romania.
After a long battle with cancer, Leonida Lari died in Chișinău, Moldova on December 11, 2011. Her death was followed by a state funeral, during which thousands of Moldovans paid their respects.
She was elected as a representative to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1988–1990) and was a member of the Permanent Bureau of the People"s Front of Moldova (1990–1992).