Nicole Valéry Grossu (born Nicoleta Valeria Bruteanu, 4 July 1919 – 14 December 1996) was a Romanian Christian writer, journalist, and anti-communist activist.
A graduate of the Bucharest Conservatory, she joined the National Peasants' Party during World War II.
In 1959, her husband was arrested by the communist authorities for his activity in Oastea Domnului[2] (English: The Army of the Lord), a spiritual renewal movement associated with the Romanian Orthodox Church.
There, they founded the publishing house Catacombes and served as editors of a magazine with the same name; they also founded the association La Chaine, and hosted the show "Duh și Adevăr" (Spirit and Truth) on Radio Trans-Europa,[4] dedicated to defending religious liberty in the countries behind the Iron Curtain.
At the end of 1995, Nicole Valéry Grossu was diagnosed with lymphoma,[4] a type of blood cell cancer primarily affecting lymph nodes.