The book The Word (the ABC of the Young Creator) is rooted in the author's childhood. He wanted
to have a creative Primary and since he did not have one as a child he decided to write such a
work for the younger generations to come. In the former USSR true creative freedom was not
encouraged and freedom of thought was a threat to the Soviet system. The author's courage is
admirable: he discovered in the famous area of Latin letters (Moldova used the Cyrillic
alphabet for its Romanian language until 1989) new values amazing substrates profound
thoughts on folklore history mythology literature arts etc. Before its first edition in
1998 the special course The Word was taught by the author in several public and private
schools in Moldova. Because of this course most talented students held creative meetings with
the author literary and artistic circles. The second edition appeared in 2005 as a pocket
edition and was called The Latin Letter. The third edition appears in 2010 revised and
supplemented with a creative laboratory as a result of this experimental course. The 2010
edition was translated by Olga Amarie and Rosemary Lloyd Professors at Indiana University
USA.
