CAMIL PETRESCU THE HUXLEYAN
CAMIL PETRESCU THE HUXLEYAN

Summary/Abstract: Grigore Vieru (14 February 1935 – 18 January 2009) was a Moldovan poet and writer. He is mostly known for his poems and books for children. He was a Moldovan poet who bravely promoted his country's native language, Romanian, when Moldova was a Soviet republic and Russian was the official language. He fought for the cultural reunification of Moldova and Romania. He was born in a rural village in northeastern Romania. Five years later, that area was annexed by the Soviet Union under a Nazi-Soviet pact, and became the Socialist Republic of Moldova. In the 1970s, he wrote "The Little Bee", Moldova's first Romanian-language schoolbook for children. His poetry is characterized by vivid natural scenery, patriotism, as well as a venerated image of the sacred mother. Vieru wrote in the Romanian language.

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