Facts: - imagesize: 220px - death place: bucharest - period: 1900 -- 1961 - caption: '' man of a new world '' -rrb- , 1920 portrait omul of gala galaction by nicolae tonitza unei lumi noi '' -lrb- '' the - subject: christian theology - death date: 8 march 1961 - genre: fiction , fantasy , travel literature , biography - influences: tudor arghezi , constantin dobrogeanu-gherea , sar peladan - birth date: 16 april 1879 - name: gala galaction - movement: realism poporanism '' samanatorul '' - nationality: romanian - image: tonitzagalaction.png - birth place: didesti - occupation: priest , dramatist , essayist , journalist , translator , diarist , theologian , short story writer , novelist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gala galaction .
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gala galaction -lrb- ipa : / ' ga.la ga.lak.ti ' on / ; the pen name of grigore or grigorie pisculescu ; april 16 , 1879 -- march 8 , 1961 -rrb- was a romanian orthodox clergyman and theologian , writer , journalist , left-wing activist , as well as a political figure of the people 's republic of romania .contrary to the spirit of the time , he was a promoter of tolerance towards the jewish minority .