Darie Magheru

Darie Magheru (pen name of Aurel Zaharia Moldovan or Moldoveanu; October 25, 1923–October 25, 1983) was a Romanian poet and theatre actor.

Born in Lunca Câlnicului, Brașov County, his parents were the clerk Simion Moldovan and his wife Valeria (née Nicolescu). From 1930 to 1934, he attended primary school in Turcheș, followed by Ioan Meșotă High School in Brașov, graduating in 1943. In 1950, early in the communist period, he completed studies at the Iași Dramatic Conservatory.

Between 1951 and 1956, Moldovan was an actor at the State Theatre in Stalin City (as Brașov was temporarily called), as well as in Ploiești and Arad. From 1956 to 1958, he was arts inspector for the Stalin Region government. From 1958 to 1960, he returned to acting at the local theatre. In 1960–1961, he was an inspector in the film industry. In 1962–1964, Moldovan acted at the State Theatre in Botoșani. He taught at the Brașov People's Art School from 1964 until 1966, when illness forced his retirement. Some of his best work was left unpublished, in manuscript form. Beginning in 2013, Editura Eikon published his writings in three volumes: poems, prose and plays.