Ovidiu Creangă

Ovidiu Creangă
Born (1921-02-14)February 14, 1921
Vărzăreşti
Died December 4, 2017(2017-12-04) (aged 96)
Regina, Saskatchewan
Nationality Romanian
Alma mater Politehnica University of Bucharest
Spouse(s) Laura ( d. 2000)
Awards Order of Work
Medal of Work

Ovidiu Creangă (February 14, 1921 – December 5, 2017) was a Romanian activist and author.[1] He served as an official of the Ministry of Economy (Romania) and taught at the Politehnica University of Bucharest.[2] He has been living in Canada since 1982.

Biography

Ovidiu Creangă was born on February 14, 1921 in Vărzăreşti, Romania. He attended high school in Bălţi, where Eugen Coşeriu, Sergiu Grossu, Valeriu Gafencu, Vadim Pirogan, Valentin Mândâcanu were his classmates[3] After Soviet occupation of 1940, he fled from Bessarabia and in 1944 from Cernăuţi, where he attended university.[4] Then he graduated from the Politehnica University of Bucharest. Also, he taught at the Politehnica University of Bucharest.[5] In the 1970s, Ovidiu Creangă was an official of the Ministry of Economy (Romania). In 1982, when he was 64, Ovidiu Creangă emigrated to Canada. He died in December 2017 at the age of 96.[6]

Awards

Works

  • Ovidiu Creangă, "Cu şi fără securişti", Preface Paul Goma, (Vicovia, Bacău, 2009)

References

  1. ↑ Cum am scăpat de Siberia Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Scriitorul Ovidiu Creangă: "N-aş vrea să mor înainte de a vedea Basarabia alipită la Patria Mamă – România!"
  3. ↑ Literatura şi Arta, Un apostol al Neamului Romвnesc
  4. ↑ Cum am scăpat de Siberia
  5. ↑ Scriitorul Ovidiu Creangă: "N-aş vrea să mor înainte de a vedea Basarabia alipită la Patria Mamă – România!"
  6. ↑ Iacob Cazacu-ISTRATI: În memoria lui Ovidiu…
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