Ion Druță

Ion Panteley Drutse was born in the village of Horodishte Dondusheny district, Moldova republic in 1928. He graduated from the higher literary courses of the Institute of Literature "A.M. Gorky" of the Union of Writers of the USSR. He began his literary career in 1953 with his collection of stories In Our Village, followed by A Story of Love next year. During three decades there appeared many novels, stories, plays and books for children: The yearning for People, Ant's Story, Trofimash, The Big Sitting Room, From Green to Green, The Belfry, The White Church, The Birds of Our Youth and others.
He was awarded the State Prize of Moldova as a playwright and prose writer.
He is a member of Moldova's Union of writers but he lives in Moscow.

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