Călin Gruia

Călin Gruia (Romanian pronunciation: [kəˈlin ˈɡruja]; born Chiril Gurduz [kiˈril 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).

[2] Among the magazines for which he wrote were Roza and Basarabia literară from Chișinău, Cutezătorii, Luminița and Arici Pogonici.

His first published work was a small 1942 volume of poetry, Litanii de seară, followed a decade later by the selection of stories Nucul lui Toderiță.

[1] The literary magazine Observator Cultural listed Gruia as one of the leading writers of children's literature in Romania, among others such as Dumitru Almaș, Gica Iuteș [ro], Octav Pancu-Iași, Mircea Sântimbreanu, and Ovidiu Zotta.