Gabriella Csire (born 21 April 1938,
Ocna Mureș
Ocna Mureș (; la, Salinae, hu, Marosújvár, german: Miereschhall) is a town in Alba County, Romania, located in the north-eastern corner of the county, near the Mureș River. The town is situated next to a large deposit of salt, mined in the ...
) is a Romanian writer and children's literature author.
Life
Born into an
ethnic Hungarian family, at the age of two she moved with her parents to
Cluj
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(''Kolozsvár''), where she graduated from high school (1954). Later she graduated from the former
Bolyai University (
Babeș-Bolyai University
The Babeș-Bolyai University ( ro, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai , hu, Babeș-Bolyai Tudományegyetem, commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. UBB has a long academic tradition, started by Universitas ...
) (1959), at the departament of Hungarian Language and Literature. In 1959 she moved to
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, where she was a redactor at ''
Irodalmi Könyvkiadó'' (National Publishing for Literature), then at journals/newspapers, most of them being youth magazines: ''
Tanügyi Újság'', ''
Előre'' and ''
Jóbarát'', and ''
Cimbora'' between 1990 and 1992, where she worked as an editor in chief. She wrote articles, short stories, fairy tales and fairy novels. She is member of the ''
Writers' Union of Romania
The Writers' Union of Romania (), founded in March 1949, is a professional association of writers in Romania. It also has a subsidiary in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The Writers' Union of Romania was created by the communist regime by taking ...
''.
Published books
* Pikk-pakk lámpa.
Turpi meséi (ill:
Szabó Erzsébet), 2015.
* Görög regevilág, 2014.
* Erdélyi mondák és históriák, 2012.
* Tündér Ibolya (ill.
Péter Katalin), 2011.
* Észak ékes csillaga (ill.
Péter Katalin), 2011.
*
Kalevala
The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and r ...
messze földjén (ill.
Szabó Erzsébet) 2011.
* A magyarság mondáiból, 2010.
* A nagy erejű Toldi (ill.
Péter Katalin), 2010.
*
Csaba
Csaba () is a Hungarian given name for males. Csaba is the native Hungarian name for Ernak, the youngest son of Attila the Hun.''Gesta Hungarorum'', Simon Keza, Edited and translated by Laszlo Veszpremy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jeno Szucs ...
és a Nap fia (ill:
Emese Keller), 2009.
*
Lúdas Matyi három arca (ill:
Emese Keller), 2009.
*
Szuhay Mátyás tréfája (ill:
Emese Keller), 2009.
*
Árgirus királyfi és az aranyalmák (ill:
Emese Keller), 2009.
* A párjanincs
János Vitéz
János or Janos may refer to:
* János, male Hungarian given name, a variant of John
Places
* Janos Municipality, a municipality of Chihuahua
** Janos, Chihuahua, town in Mexico
** Janos Biosphere Reserve, a nature reserve in Chihuahua
* Janos ...
(ill:
Emese Keller), 2009.
* Vitéz
Háry János
''Háry János'' is a Hungarian folk opera by Zoltán Kodály with a Hungarian libretto by Béla Paulini and Zsolt Harsányi. The opera, in four acts, is in the manner of a ''Singspiel and is based'' the comic epic ''The Veteran'' (''Az obsitos'') ...
(ill:
Emese Keller), 2009.
* Az
Ótestamentum igazgyöngyei (ill:
Emese Keller), 2008.
* Egy magyar kalandor ifjúsága (ill:
Stefánia Felszegi), 2008.
* Csillagregék (
Gábor Csire ral), 2007.
* Szavak Háza – A varázsló kosara (with
József Csire), 2007.
*
Trója, 2006.
*
Gilgames álmai 2005.
* Görög regevilág. Héroszok, 2005.
* Görög regevilág. Istenek, 2004.
* Az aranyhal palotája (ill:
Stefánia Felszegi), 2004.
* Bűvös dalnok (with
József Csire), 2003
*
Turpi lak (ill:
Stefánia Felszegi), 2002.
* Itt járt
Mátyás Mátyás () is a Hungarian given name meaning Matthew or Matthias.
Notable people with the given name Mátyás:
* Mátyás Bél, Hungarian scientist
* Mátyás Cseszneky, Hungarian magnate and cavalry commander
* Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian c ...
király (ill:
Stefánia Felszegi), 2001.
* Münchhausen báró barangolásai (ill:
Stefánia Felszegi), 2001.
* Legendele constelațiilor (ill:
Marian Voinea), 2001.
*
Kalevala
The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and r ...
, țara îndepărtată (ill:
Marian Voinea), 2001.
* Elek apó ''
Cimbora''ja, 2000.
*
Odüsszeusz, a vándor (ill:
István Damó), 2000.
*
Ráma és
Szítá csodálatos története, 1997.
* Bambuszka (with
Gábor Csire), 1997.
* Áprilisi tréfa, 1996.
* 9 bolygó meg 1 Nap (with
Gábor Csire), 1996.
* Csillagregék (with
Gábor Csire), 1995.
*
Kalevala
The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and r ...
messze földjén (ill:
Ilona Vándor-Várhelyi), 1995.
* Elek apó ''
Cimborája'' (ill.
Levente Csutak), 1994.
* Kaktusztövis (ill:
Emese Keller) 1991.
* Álomfestő Bíborka - A Kása-barlang titka (ill:
István Damó) 1988.
* A forrás titka (ill:
István Damó), 1985.
* A varázsló kosara (
József Csire fel), 1984.
* Mókus Pali vándorúton (ill:
Emese Keller), 1983.
* Az anyám és én (ill:
Sándor Plugor), 1982.
* Álomhajó (ill:
Lajos Balogh), 1980.
* Bűvös dalnok (with
József Csire), (ill:
Lajos Balogh) 1978.
*
Turpi és Világjáró Kópé (ill:
Sándor Karancsi), 1976.
*
Turpi meséi (ill:
László Labancz), 1971.
* Pandóra szelencéi (ill: V. Socolnic), 1969.
Sources
"Székely Útkereső" magazine: 1998/1-2-3-4; p. 8.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Csire, Gabriella
Romanian women writers
Romanian people of Hungarian descent
1938 births
Romanian children's writers
People from Ocna Mureș
Living people
Romanian women children's writers