Aron Densușianu

Aron Densușianu (pen name of Aron Pop; November 19, 1837 – ) was an Austrian Empire-born Romanian critic, literary historian, folklorist and poet.

He was born in Densuș, Hunedoara County, in the Transylvania region. His parents were the Romanian Orthodox priest Vizantie Pop and his wife Sofia (née Popovici). He was the brother of historian Nicolae Densușianu. From 1846 to 1848, he attended the normal school in Hațeg, followed by the Blaj gymnasium (1852–60) and the Sibiu legal academy (1860–64). He made his poetry debut in 1860 in Foaie pentru minte, inimă și literatură and submitted poems, critical studies and political articles to the main Transylvanian periodicals of the time: Amicul școalei, Concordia, Federațiunea, Albina, Transilvania and Familia. In 1874–75, he edited the Brașov political newspaper Orientul latin,

In 1864, he married Elena Circa, a native of Cernatu in Brașov County four years his junior. The couple had a number of children, including Ovid; Eliza, who would marry Vespasian Erbiceanu; and Elena, a future physician and university professor married to Emil Pușcariu.