Ștefan I. Nenițescu

Ștefan I. Nenițescu (October 8, 1897–October 1979) was a Romanian poet and aesthetician.

Born in Bucharest, his parents were the poet Ioan S. Nenițescu and his wife Elena (née Ștefan). He attended Sapienza University of Rome from 1920, as well as the literature and philosophy department of the University of Bucharest. At first an assistant professor of aesthetics, he later became an associate professor at Bucharest. He served as press secretary and later economic adviser to the Romanian legation in The Hague.

At the onset of the communist regime, Nenițescu was sentenced in 1949 to forced labor for life; after spending time in several prisons, including those in Pitești and Văcărești, he was set free in 1964. His house, at 4, Maria Rosetti Street in central Bucharest, was demolished in 2020, despite opposition from the city's mayor, Nicușor Dan.