Gala Galaction

Gala Galaction
Omul unei lumi noi ("The Man of a New World"), a 1920 portrait of Gala Galaction by Nicolae Tonitza
Born	(1879-04-16)April 16, 1879 Pitești, Romania
Died	March 8, 1961(1961-03-08) (aged 81) Bucharest
Occupation	priest, theologian, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist, journalist, translator, diarist
Period	1900–1961
Genre	fiction, fantasy, travel literature, biography
Subject	Christian theology
Literary movement	Realism Poporanism Sămănătorul

Gala Galaction (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈgala galaktiˈon]; the pen name of Grigore or Grigorie Pișculescu [ɡriˈɡor(i)e piʃkuˈlesku]; April 16, 1879—March 8, 1961) was a Romanian Orthodox clergyman, theologian, writer, journalist, left-wing activist, as well as a political figure of the People's Republic of Romania. Contrary to political trends in interwar and WWII Romania, he was a promoter of tolerance towards the Jewish minority.