Aurel Chirescu

Aurel Chirescu (September 11, 1911 – 1996) was a Romanian poet.

Born in Craiova, his parents were army officer Dumitru Chirescu and his wife Eleonora (née Groșeanu). After attending a rural primary school, he went to high school in his native city and in Bucharest. He studied at the literature and philosophy faculty of the University of Bucharest, graduating magna cum laude; his professors included Nicolae Cartojan, Ovid Densusianu, Mihail Dragomirescu, Tudor Vianu and Alexandru Rosetti. From 1935, he taught at various Bucharest high schools.