Grillo was born in 1932 in
Vuno, where he went to elementary school. He completed middle school in the capital of Albania, Tirana. In 1962 he graduated in Faculty of Philology as well as Faculty of Law at the
University of Tirana. He started to work at the humor magazine,
Hosteni, and later at the
Naim Frashëri Publishing House as an editor for children's publications until he retired, although he went back to editing and writing at the Publishing House "Toena". He had publications in the magazines
Drita, "Nëntori", "Ylli", "Zëri i Rinisë",
Hosteni,
Pionieri, "Fatosi", "Yllkat", and "Bota e fëmijëve". He was president of the International Association of Children's Writers, also a professor at the
University of Tirana and the
Aleksandër Xhuvani University. He was a recipient of many national literary prizes in Albania. Internationally he was translated into
Greek,
Macedonian,
Italian,
French,
Dutch, and
Arabic. Odhise Grillo died on September 24, 2003, in
Tirana, Albania. == Main works==