Călin Gruia, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Călin Gruia

Romanian writer

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1900

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1984

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, children's writer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Călin Gruia

  • Calin Gruia (Romanian pronunciation: [k?'lin 'gruja]; born Chiril Gurduz [ci'ril gur'duz]; March 21, 1915 – July 9, 1989) was a Romanian writer, author mainly of children's fairy tales and poems. Born in Trife?ti, Orhei County, in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire, from 1918 to 1940 a part of Greater Romania and today in Moldova, his parents were the peasants Vartolomeu and Alexandrina (née Galbura).
  • He graduated from the normal school in Orhei in 1936 and from the reserve officers' school the following year.
  • Between 1937 and 1939, he was a teacher in Tvardi?a, Tighina County, and in Umbrare?ti, Tecuci County.
  • He performed his military service in 1939-1940, fought on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1940 to 1944 and was one of the Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1948.
  • Between 1951 and 1969, he edited the children's programs at Radioteleviziunea Româna.
  • He was one of the creators of the show and wrote over 50 radio scripts for it.
  • In 1958, the program changed from a radio format to a television format and had been continuously running for 50 years in 2007.Among the magazines for which he wrote were Roza and Basarabia literara from Chi?inau, Cutezatorii, Lumini?a and Arici Pogonici.
  • His poetic and prose debut came in 1938, in Orhei's Speran?a.
  • His first published work was a small 1942 volume of poetry, Litanii de seara, followed a decade later by the selection of stories Nucul lui Toderi?a.
  • Further publications included stories and legends, several novels and books of stories for adults.
  • In 1980, he published the poems he wrote between 1940 and 1970, republishing part of them in 1988.
  • He also wrote for history-themed films.
  • Part of his output was translated into a number of languages.
  • The literary magazine Observator Cultural listed Gruia as one of the leading writers of children's literature in Romania, among others such as Dumitru Alma?, Gica Iutes, Octav Pancu-Ia?i, Mircea Sântimbreanu, and Ovidiu Zotta.
  • In 2012, his works were still being presented at children's theater performances.

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