Petru Cărare (13 February 1935 – 27 May 2019) was a writer from Moldova. Petru Cărare was born to Profir Cărare and Nadejda Duca. He was forbidden to publish in the 1970s. He translated works by Ivan Krylov, , Samuil Marshak, Rasul Gamzatov, Sebastian Brant, Gianni Rodari, and François Villon.