Constantin Chiriță (March 12, 1925 – November 14, 1991) was a

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n writer.

He was born in 1925 in Ibănești,

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. He attended the Gheorghe Roșca Codreanu High School in

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, and finished his high school studies in

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. He then attended the

Politehnica University of Bucharest Politehnica University of Bucharest () is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania founded in 1818.Scînteia ''Scînteia'' ( Romanian for "The Spark") was the name of two newspapers edited by Communist groups at different intervals in Romanian history. The title is a homage to the Russian language paper '' Iskra''. It was known as ''Scânteia'' until ...

, the official newspaper of the

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. His work includes mainly writings for the young public, and still is popular today among adolescents in Romania. His best known work is a five-volume cycle entitled ''Cireșarii'' first published in 1956 and tells the adventures of a group of youths. It was adapted into a television series during the 1970s. Chiriță died in 1991 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chirita, Constantin 1925 births 1991 deaths People from Vaslui County Romanian children's writers Scînteia editors Gheorghe Roșca Codreanu National College alumni