Grigore D. Constantinescu (February 15, 1875 in Iaşi – April 7, 1932 in Năpădeni) was a priest and journalist from

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. He was the director of Glasul Basarabiei.

Biography

Grigore D. Constantinescu was born on February 15, 1875, in a family of a priest from Iaşi,

. He studied in Iaşi (1888–1896) and

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(1897–1902) and worked for the Romanian Consulate to

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(1904–1906) and professor of

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at the Chişinău Theological Seminary and Diocesan Girls' School in Chişinău (1906–1918), priest in Chişinău (1918–1919) and in Năpădeni (1919–1932). He had ten children Constantinescu was a contributor to

Basarabia (newspaper) ''Basarabia'' was the first Romanian language newspaper to be published in Bessarabia in the Russian Empire, Bessarabian guberniya of the Russian Empire in 1906–1907. History It was written with the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet and published t ...

and from January 1, 1908 on, he was the Editorial Secretary of

Luminătorul ''Luminătorul'' () is a periodical of the Metropolis of Bessarabia in Chişinău. History The first edition was printed in January 1908. The first editor in chief was Gurie Grosu. From 1908 on, Grigore D. Constantinescu (1875–1932), A ...

. Constantinescu was the founder and director of Glasul Basarabiei (1913–1914)." Viaţa Basarabiei”, ANUL I. No.4 Aprilie 1932

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Iurie Colesnic Iurie Colesnic (born 12 August 1955) is a technical literature corrector, former publishing director, literary historian, politician and writer of the Republic of Moldova. Biography Iurie Colesnic was born on 12 August 1955 in the village of ...

, Basarabia necunoscuta, Ed. Universitas, Chisinau, 1993; vol. 1. * Viaţa Basarabiei, ANUL I. No.4 Aprilie 1932. * Almanahul dicţionar al presei din România şi a celei româneşti de pretutindeni de G. Caliga. – București, 1926. – P. 155.

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GRIGORE D. CONSTANTINESCU

Mormântul preotului ziarist GRIGORE CONSTANTINESCU (1875-1932)
1875 births Writers from Iași Eastern Orthodox Christians from Romania Romanian journalists Moldovan journalists Romanian male journalists 1932 deaths {{Moldova-bio-stub