Maria Tonu
Member of PEN Canada
Member of the Oakville Art Society, Canada;
Member of the Australian-Romanian Academy for Culture and Science (ARACS), Sydney, Australia;
Member of the International Union of Creative People,
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
Maria Tonu is known as a writer, editor, anthologist,scholar,
NGO leader, project manager, and visual artist (acrylics).
Maria Tonu is a Moldovan-born Canadian poet, writer, and anthologist. She writes, reads, and translates from/into three languages: Romanian (native), Russian (born in the former Soviet Union), and English (Canadian citizen). Maria Tonu publishes lyrics, flash fiction, prose, quotes, essays, sketches, and literary portraits in the media of the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Canada, the US, and the UK.
She resides in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Maria Tonu is the Ambassador of the Word, conferred by the César Egido Serrano Foundation and the Museum of Words (Spain) for her flash fiction stories (100 words): “Father” and “The Fresh Rose”, 2018.
For the non-fiction book “Our Canada: Now and Always”, Maria Tonu received the Canada 150 insignia from the Honourable Judy A. Sgro, PC, MP, Canadian Parliament, 2017.
Maria Tonu has published as an author: a novel, four poetry books, four poetry books for children, two volumes of short prose and maxims, a monograph, and two books of memoirs/biographies. She has published six anthologies, three as a co-author. As editor and founder of MediaTon Publishing House, Maria Tonu has published 12 books by different writers. Maria has several passions: she paints in acrylics, plays tennis, and is fascinated by the kingdom of mushrooms.
Maria Tonu graduated from the Faculty of Journalism.
Maria Tonu completed postgraduate studies in Sociology.
In 2016, Maria Tonu received a scholarship:
Translator in Training from the Romanian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, Romania, 2016.
Maria Tonu is the founder of:
MediaTon
Publishing House and the first Romanian magazine
in Ontario, 2015–present, City of Toronto, from 2018 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;
Moldovan Community of Ontario – 2009–2019, Toronto;
Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru” – 2009–2019, Toronto.
