Modest Morariu (Romanian pronunciation: [modest moraˈri.u]; 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.