Born in Diviciorii Mari, Cluj County, in the Transylvania region, his parents were Ioan Giurgiuca, a priest, and his wife Pelaghia (née Băieșu).
From 1933 to 1934, he headed Abecedar magazine in Brad, at first with George Boldea and later with Teodor Murășanu, Pavel Dan, Mihai Beniuc, and Grigore Popa.
His first book was the 1938 Anotimpuri, followed by Dincolo de pădure in 1943; both were typical of Transylvanian poetry imbued with nostalgia for the village and for nature.
[3] Poemele verii (1964), Cântece de țară (1967), and Semne pe scurt (1972) were the final three volumes of a poet focused on the euphoria of the sun and elegiac contemplation.
Giurgiuca translated numerous Hungarian authors, including Zsigmond Móricz, Kálmán Mikszáth, Géza Gárdonyi, István Örkény, and József Darvas.