Emil Dorian

Emil Dorian (born Emil Lustig; 16 February 1893 – 1956) was a Romanian poet and prose writer, as well as a physician.

Born into a Jewish family in Bucharest, his parents were Herman Lustig and his wife Ernestina (née Picher). He attended high school in his native city, followed by the University of Bucharest's medical faculty. He then worked as a doctor in Bucharest, and was also active within the Jewish community, for instance editing the 1946 Raportul general asupra situației comunității. A significant part of his journalistic work is signed with the pen names Dr. Knox, Dr. Otorin, Dr. M. Prunk and Dr. Urzică; publications in which he appeared include Cotidianul, Ziua, Adevărul literar și artistic, Adam, Gândirea, Năzuința, Omul liber, Puntea de fildeș, Sburătorul and Șantier. He kept a diary from 1937 onwards, recounting both his struggles as a writer and the increase in far-right activity around him. He developed an interest in Yiddish poetry in the mid-1930s, translating and collecting over 400 poems; these were ready for publication in 1944, but were not published until 1996.