Aurel Rau (born 9 November 1930 in Bistrita-Nasaud County) is a Romanian poet, novelist, translator, and former editor-in-chief of the Steaua magazine (Cluj) which, during the Communist era, managed to publish poetry of high quality, avoiding too many realist-socialism poems.
While Al.
Piru labels his poetic style as manneristic, Ghe.
Grigurcu considers him the most representative contemporary poet of Transylvania.