Simion Ghimpu
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Biography
Simion Ghimpu was born to Irina and Toader Ghimpu on May 24, 1939; he had four siblings: GheorgheGheorghe Ghimpu
Gheorghe Ghimpu was a Moldovan politician and a political prisoner in the former Soviet Union.- Early life :...
, Visarion, Valentina, and Mihai
Mihai Ghimpu
Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951, Coloniţa, Moldova, is a Moldovan politician. He was Speaker of Parliament from 28 August 2009 to 30 December 2010 and Acting President from 11 September 2009 until 28 December 2010.-Family:...
. Simion Ghimpu graduate from the Moldova State University
Moldova State University
The Moldova State University is a university located in Chişinău, Moldova. It was founded in 1946.-Organization:The university is organized into eleven faculties:*1. Biology and Pedology...
in 1964 and got a PhD from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts from Moscow
Moscow
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in 1969. Simion Ghimpu worked for the Art Institute of Chişinău (1969–2000).
Simion Ghimpu is a member of the Moldovan Writers' Union
Moldovan Writers' Union
The Writers' Union of Moldova is a professional association of writers in Moldova.Mihai Cimpoi has been the president of the Writers' Union of Moldova since 1991.- External links :* * *...
and a lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
. Simion Ghimpu created lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
for over 100 songs, together with composers Eugen Doga
Eugen Doga
Eugen Doga is a Moldovan/Romanian composer. After the fall of the Soviet Union he lives in Moscow, Russia.-Biography:Doga was born on March 1, 1937 in the village of Mocra in the Rîbniţa district of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic...
, Ion Aldea Teodorovici, M. Dolgan, I. Enache, O. Milștein, Al. Sochireanschi, N. Carajia, A. Bivol, M. Oțel, C. Rusnac, A. Chiriac, E. Mamot, D. Radu, Al. Luxemburg, D. Mateevici, S. Lăsoi, O. Ababii. Among them were the Moldovan hits: „Numai tu”, „Ce rost are?”, „Amor, amor”, „Lacrimă”, „Casa noastră”. Songs with his lyrics are performed by the bands Noroc
Noroc
Noroc is a music group from Moldova, created in 1967 by Mihai Dolgan.-History:"Noroc" became very popular in the USSR after the release of their first album in 1968 which included the following songs:...
and Orizont, by singers: Ion Suruceanu, Sofia Rotaru, Nadejda Cepraga, Anastasia Lazariuc, Nina Crulicovschi, Fratii Bivol, Olga Ciolacu, Alexandru Lozanciuc, Radu Dolgan, Ana Barbu, Aurel Margine and folk singers: Larisa Arsenie, Anatol Dincu, Nicolae Cibotaru.
Simion Ghimpu died on July 27, 2010. The body of late Simion Ghimpu was kept at the Moldovan Writers' Union
Moldovan Writers' Union
The Writers' Union of Moldova is a professional association of writers in Moldova.Mihai Cimpoi has been the president of the Writers' Union of Moldova since 1991.- External links :* * *...
on July 28 to allow people to pay their last respects. Politicians and writers like Ion Hadârcă
Ion Hadârcă
- Biography :Ion Hadârcă was born on July 17, 1949 in Sîngerei, Sîngerei District. Between 1968-1970, he carried out the compulsory military service in the Soviet army. He wast the first president of the Popular Front of Moldova...
, Mihai Cimpoi
Mihai Cimpoi
Mihai Cimpoi is a Moldovan politician.- Biography :He was a member of the Parliament of Moldova. He is a leader of the Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova.- External links :* * -References:...
and Ion Ciocanu
Ion Ciocanu
Ion Ciocanu is a literary critic and former official from the Republic of Moldova.-Biography:Ion Ciocanu was born on January 18, 1940 in Tabani, Briceni, then in Romania. Ion Ciocanu graduated from Moldova State University in 1962 and got his PhD in 1965...
attended his funeral ceremony, who took place at the St. Teodora de la Sihla Church
St. Teodora de la Sihla Church
- Overview :Formerly the chapel of a girls gymnasium, the church of St. Teodora de la Sihla is an architectural masterpiece by Alexander Bernardazzi. It boasts the elements of his favorite neoclassic byzantine architecture.- External links :**...
on July 29, 2010. Traian Băsescu
Traian Basescu
Traian Băsescu is the current President of Romania. After serving as the mayor of Bucharest from June 2000 until December 2004, he was elected president in the Romanian Presidential Elections of 2004 and inaugurated on December 20, 2004...
and Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili is a Georgian politician, the third and current President of Georgia and leader of the United National Movement Party.Involved in the national politics since 1995, Saakashvili became president on 25 January 2004 after President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned in a November 2003...
expressed their condolences to Mihai Ghimpu
Mihai Ghimpu
Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951, Coloniţa, Moldova, is a Moldovan politician. He was Speaker of Parliament from 28 August 2009 to 30 December 2010 and Acting President from 11 September 2009 until 28 December 2010.-Family:...
; "In the last decade you've lost two brothers and Romanians
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
lost two patriots dedicated to the Romanian culture and civilization" wrote Băsescu.
Awards
- Simion Ghimpu with the volume "Life Within a Hair's Breadth of Death" won the Prize for Prose.
Works
- „Jeep-ul şi Sania de la Coloniţa” (2008)
- „Mereu”, poems, ed. Hyperion, 1995;
- „Reversul sentimentelor”, poems, editura Ruxanda (2000)
- „Dincolo”, poems, 2003; editura Pontos
- „Ghici, ce-s?”, 2003
- „Descifrări”, poems, 2004;
- Stare de spirit (2007),
- „Viaţă pe muchie de cuţit”, roman autobiografic, 2009.
- Ia să-mi spui tu, spui(2008)
- Plai de cînt, plai de dor (1981)