George Grigore was born in the village of Grindu, Ialomița (southeastern Romania), on 2 February 1958.

His translation of the Qur’an was most noteworthy and published in several editions, including a bilingual one, printed in Istanbul, in 2003.

Since 2001, Grigore has been the associate editor of Romano-Arabica, the academic review published by the Centre of Arabic Studies at the University of Bucharest.

His anthology of Romanian poetry translated into Arabic (Kāna yağibu, Baghdad) has been awarded a prize by the Iraqi Writers Union.

In addition to lecturing at the University of Bucharest,[1] Grigore has written practical books for students of Arabic, such as dictionaries, a conversation guide, and a manual of orthography and calligraphy.