1. Grigore Vieru's poetry is characterized by vivid natural scenery, patriotism, as well as a venerated image of the sacred mother.
14 Facts About Grigore Vieru
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Grigore Vieru was born in Pererita village, Hotin County, at the time, part of Romania.
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In 1973, Grigore Vieru passed the Prut within a delegation of Soviet writers.
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Grigore Vieru returned to Chisinau with a bag of books.
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In 1974 and 1977, invited by the president of the Romanian Writers' Union, Grigore Vieru visited Bucharest, Constanta, Iasi, and cities in Transylvania.
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Grigore Vieru is one of the founders of the People's Front of Moldova and is among the organizers and leaders of the Great National Assembly of August 27,1989.
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Grigore Vieru actively participates in the debates of the 13th session of the Supreme Soviet of the SSR, in which the Romanian language is voted as the official language and the transition to Latin spelling.
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On January 16,2009 Grigore Vieru suffered a serious traffic accident and was admitted to the Emergency Hospital in Chisinau.
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Grigore Vieru was in critical condition with polytrauma, closed cranio-cerebral trauma, cerebral contusion, and closed chest trauma, contusion of the heart and lungs and contusion of the abdominal organs, with minimal chances of survival.
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Grigore Vieru died on January 18,2009, in the Emergency Hospital in Chisinau two days after the accident, following a cardiac failure from which he could not be resuscitated.
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Grigore Vieru was buried on January 20,2009, in Chisinau, at the Central Cemetery on Armeana street.
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Grigore Vieru wrote, among many others, the lyrics for the soundtrack of the cartoon film Maria, Mirabela, and the Grigore Vieru's poem "Draga Otee" has been sung by Iurie Sadovnic.
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In June 1989, Grigore Vieru has got the approval of the Soviet authorities to publish the weekly Literatura si Arta in Latin writing, the editors of the newspaper mentioned that in all Soviet Moldova there were no typewriter of Latin letters, except the one from the Academy of Sciences of the MSSR and of professor Iulius Popa from Balti.
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Grigore Vieru wrote in the Literatura si Arta magazine the following:.