- Grigore Vieru
Grigore Vieru (
February 14 ,1935 –) is a moldovanpoet and writer. He is mostly known for his poems and books for children.He was born in
1935 in the village of Pererita,Briceni County in north ofMoldova . His parents, Pavel and Eudochia Vieru ("née" Didic) were engaged in farming.Also in 1957 he marked his publishing debut with a poems booklet for children. The following year, Vieru graduated from the
Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University inChişinău with a degree in history and philology. In 1959, he became editor at the "Nistru " magazine, published by theMoldavian Writers' Union . From 1960 to 1963, he served as editor in chief of the "Cartea Moldovenească" publishing house.In 1967, Vieru's book "Poetry for readers of all ages" (published in 1965) was awarded the Moldavian Prize for Youth Literature. The following year, his book "Your name" became part of the contemporary literature curriculum in Moldavian universities, but due to the publication of the poem "Men of Moldova", an issue of "Nistru" magazine was banned in an act of censorship.
In 1973 Vieru visited Romania for the first time, remarking "If somebody dreamed of getting to outer space, my whole life I have dreamed of crossing the
Prut River ". In 1974 and 1977, invited by the president of the Romanian Writers' Union, Vieru visitedBucharest ,Constanţa ,Iaşi , and cities inTransylvania .In 1978, the "
Junimea " publishing house printed "The Friday Star", Vieru's first work published inRomania .In 1989 he was elected member of Parliament and was involved in getting Romania and Moldova closer to each other. The following year he was elected Honorary Member of the
Romanian Academy . In 1992, the Romanian Academy recommended Vieru for theNobel Peace Prize .In 1995, he became a member of the Board of the
Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company , and in 1996 he won several Romanian literary awards.In 2000, Vieru was awarded the "Eminescu" Medal by the Romanian Government.
Vieru has been married to Raisa Vieru since 1959; they have two boys, Teodor and Călin.
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*ro icon [http://biserica.org/Churches/SfantaTreime/Bios/GrigoreVieru.html A biography of Grigore Vieru]
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