Creative Work
His first publishing debut was in 1957, a booklet of poems for children. The following year, Vieru graduated from the Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University in Chişinău with a degree in history and philology. In 1959, he became editor at the Nistru magazine, published by the Writers' Union of Moldova. From 1960 to 1963, he served as editor in chief of the "Cartea Moldovenească" publishing house.
In 1967, Vieru's book "Poetry for readers of all ages" (published in 1965) was awarded the Moldavian Prize for Youth Literature. The following year, his book "Your name" became part of the contemporary literature curriculum in Moldavian universities.
He wrote another children's story/picture book "Bread and Dew" which features Doru, a 4 or 5 year old boy who lives in Kishinew with his parents.
Many moldavian composers were inspired by the poetry of Grigore Vieru (songbook "Poftim de intraţi", "Cine crede" etc), the poet himself is the author of a lot of melodies ("Să creşti mare" etc) and since 1964 he began to collaborate with composer Yulia Tsibulskaya ("Soare, soare", "Clopoţeii", "Stea-stea, logostea", "Ramule-neamule", "Cîntînd cu iubire" etc).
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