Aron Densușianu
Aron Densușianu (pen name of Aron Pop; November 19, 1837 – ) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian critic, literary historian, folklorist and poet. He was born in Densuș, Hunedoara County, in the Transylvania region. His parents were the Romanian Orthodox priest Vizantie Pop and his wife Sofia (née Popovici). He was the brother of historian Nicolae Densușianu. From 1846 to 1848, he attended the normal school in Hațeg, followed by the Blaj gymnasium (1852–60) and the Sibiu legal academy (1860–64). He made his poetry debut in 1860 in Foaie pentru minte, inimă și literatură and submitted poems, critical studies and political articles to the main Transylvanian periodicals of the time: Amicul școalei, Concordia, Federațiunea, Albina, Transilvania and Familia. A politically motivated trial was held against him in 1873, and he spent a month in prison. In 1874–75, he edited the Brașov political newspaper Orientul latin, with his brother and Ioan Alexandru Lapedatu as collaborators. He belonged to Astra, and in 1877 was elected a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. Residing at Făgăraș, he practiced law from 1864 to 1880; in 1881, he moved to the Romanian Old Kingdom, settling in the Moldavian capital of Iași. There, he was a