Emil Giurgiuca

Emil Giurgiuca (December 27, 1906–March 3, 1992) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian poet.

Born in Diviciorii Mari, Cluj County, in the Transylvania region, his parents were Ioan Giurgiuca, a priest, and his wife Pelaghia (née Băieșu). He attended high school in Gherla from 1918 to 1923, followed by the literature and philosophy faculty of the University of Bucharest from 1925 to 1929. He taught high school at Aiud (1929–1931), Uioara (1931–1933), Brad (1933–1934), Cluj (1934–1936; 1939–1940), Sighișoara (1936–1939) and Bucharest (1949–1965). From 1933 to 1934, he headed Abecedar magazine in Brad, at first with George Boldea and later with Teodor Murășanu, Pavel Dan, Mihai Beniuc, and Grigore Popa. He also worked as an adviser at Editura Miron Neagu in Sighișoara and from 1965 to 1970 was editor-in-chief of Colocvii magazine. A first monographic study about Giurgiuca appeared in 2006, the centenary of his birth, followed by a second in 2013. In addition, a centenary anthology appeared at Brad in 2006.