Alexandru Colorian (March 18, 1896–October 1971) was a Romanian poet.

He was a native of Bucharest and a graduate of the University of Bucharest's law faculty. Colorian had made his literary debut in 1913, while still in high school, in Sărbătoarea eroilor magazine, which he edited with several classmates under the guidance of Eugeniu Sperantia. From 1924 to 1929, he edited Îndreptarea newspaper. Among the magazines that published his work were Versuri și proză, Vieața Nouă, Universul literar, Tribuna avocaților, Lumea militară and Decalog. In 1968, he published an anthology of Vieața Nouă poets. He was responsible for several editions of Mihai Eminescu's work (Poezii, 1940; Poezii postume, with Al. Iacobescu, 1940; Proză literară, 1943), which he accompanied with introductory studies. His short collections of verse included Simple fantezii pentru toamnă (1926), Preludii în zori (1928), 1917. Poeme de război (1936), Inscripții pentru Balcic (1937), Exil (1938) and Stampe italice (1939).

Alexandru Colorian

Bibliography

Simple fantezii pentru toamnă, Bucharest, 1926

Preludii în zori, Bucharest, 1928

1917. Poeme de război, Bucharest, 1936

Inscripţii pentru Balcic, Bucharest, 1937

Exil, Bucharest, 1938

Stampe italice, Bucharest, 1939

Poema eternă, Bucharest, 1941

Poeme alese, Bucharest, 1942

Poeme. Medalioane lirice, Bucharest, 1968

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1896 births

1971 deaths

20th-century Romanian poets

Romanian male poets

Symbolist poets

Romanian magazine editors

Romanian newspaper editors

Romanian anthologists

Romanian literary historians

20th-century Romanian historians

Writers from Bucharest

University of Bucharest alumni

20th-century Romanian male writers

Alexandru Colorian