Iulian Vesper

Iulian Vesper (pen name of Teodor C. Grosu; November 22, 1908–February 11, 1986) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian poet and prose writer.

Born in Horodnic de Sus, Suceava County, in the Bukovina region, his parents were Constantin Grosu, a farmer and church singer, and his wife Teodosia (née Prelipcean). After attending primary school in his native village, he went to the classical section of Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi High School in Rădăuți, graduating in 1927. The same year, he enrolled in the literature faculty of Cernăuți University, but transferred to the literature and philosophy faculty of the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1933. He was editor-in-chief of Glasul Bucovinei newspaper in 1933–1934, then editor until 1937. He worked as cabinet head at the Labor and Social Protection Ministry (1934-1942); translator, editor and press secretary at the Press Directorate (1944-1949); editor at Agerpres (1949-1950); and proofreader at the State Publishing House for Literature and Art (1951-1956).