Petru Creția

Petru Creția (January 21, 1927–April 15, 1997) was a Romanian essayist, poet and translator.

Born in Cluj, his parents were Aurel, a civil servant, and his wife Călina (née Humița). followed by in Bucharest, graduating in 1945. He earned a degree in Classical Studies from the University of Bucharest in 1951. From 1952 to 1971, Creția was teaching assistant, then lecturer in classical languages at his alma mater. From 1971 to 1975, he was a researcher at the Bucharest philosophy institute. From 1975 to 1993, he worked as a researcher at the Museum of Romanian Literature. He retired in 1993, meanwhile becoming honorary director and chief researcher at the Eminescu center in Ipotești.

Between 1976 and 1993, together with Constantin Noica and Gabriel Liiceanu, he edited the Romanian translations of Plato. He translated five books of the Bible, taking the text attested by modern exegesis and accompanying it with commentary: Job, Ecclesiastes, Jonah, Ruth and the Song of Songs (1995). Between 1977 and 1993, Creția devoted intense work to Mihai Eminescu: establishing a text and variants for volumes VII-XVI of the complete critical edition of his writings, continuing the project initiated by Perpessicius; an introductory study, notes and commentary for volume VIII, Teatru; corrections and emendations to the princeps edition of Titu Maiorescu; the volume Teatru. Decebal. Cornul lui Decebal. Alexandru Lăpușneanu (1990), with critical analysis; the volume Constelația Luceafărului, Sonetele, Scrisorile (1994), established and commented text; he edited Poezii inedite, which appeared as a special edition of Manuscriptum in 1991. He was awarded the Romanian Academy’s Timotei Cipariu Prize for volume VII of Eminescu's works.

A street in Cluj-Napoca bears his name.