Victor Eftimiu

Victor Eftimiu
Born(1889-01-24)January 24, 1889
Boboshticë, Albania
DiedNovember 27, 1972(1972-11-27) (aged 83)
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Resting placeBellu Cemetery, Bucharest
OccupationPoet, playwright
LanguageRomanian
NationalityRomanian
Notable awardsLegion of Honour
SpouseAgepsina Macri [ro]
Signature
Bust of Eftimiu by Dimitrie Paciurea
Viktor Eftimiu on a 1999 Albanian stamp

Victor Eftimiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈviktor efˈtimju]; 24 January 1889 – 27 November 1972) was a Romanian poet and playwright. He was a contributor to Sburătorul, a Romanian literary magazine. His works have been performed in the State Jewish Theater of Romania.

Eftimiu was of Albanian origin,[1][2] but also had Aromanian descent through his father Gheorghe Eftimiu, a merchant. Eftimiu's mother was Maria Eftimiu, née Cociu.[3] Victor Eftimiu was born in Boboshticë near Korçë. In 1905, he emigrated from Albania to Romania, where he found work as a theatre manager in 1913. He published several books of poetry, and wrote comedies and satirical pieces for the theatre. He also wrote a volume of Romanian fairy tales, and several children's books. He wrote also criticisms and articles for numerous magazines.

He died in 1972 and was buried at Bellu Cemetery.

Eftimiu lived in a house next to the Cișmigiu Gardens, in central Bucharest. The street where the house is located is named after him; a bust of Eftimiu [ro], sculpted by Dimitrie Paciurea in 1929, is in the house's garden. Streets in Arad, Cluj-Napoca, and Pitești are also named after him.

  1. ^ Robert Elsie. A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. p. 55. He was also the author of translations of plays and short stories from Russian and Romanian, in particular of the works of Victor Eftimiu (1889-1972), a Romanian dramatist of Albanian origin.
  2. ^ Institutul de Construcții București. Buletinul științific. p. 116. We had great Romanian writers of Albanian origin like Victor Eftimiu, great literary critics like Garabet Ibraileanu,...
  3. ^ Zaciu, Mircea; Papahagi, Marian; Sasu, Aurel (2000). Dicționarul esențial al scriitorilor români. Editura Albatros. p. 285. ISBN 9789732405963.