Călin Gruia

Călin Gruia (Romanian pronunciation: [kəˈlin ˈɡruja]; born Chiril Gurduz [ciˈril ɡurˈduz]; March 21, 1915 – July 9, 1989) was a Romanian writer, author mainly of children's fairy tales and poems. Born in Trifești, 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 Galbură). 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 Tvardița, Tighina County, and in Umbrărești, 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 Sovie

Călin Gruia

Călin Gruia (Romanian pronunciation: [kəˈlin ˈɡruja]; born Chiril Gurduz [ciˈril ɡurˈduz]; March 21, 1915 – July 9, 1989) was a Romanian writer, author mainly of children's fairy tales and poems. Born in Trifești, 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 Galbură). 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 Tvardița, Tighina County, and in Umbrărești, 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 Sovie