N. I. Herescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

N. I. Herescu

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1903

Place of Birth: Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți County, Romania

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1961

Profession: poet, translator, classical scholar

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Nicolae I.
Herescu (December 5, 1906 – August 19, 1961) was a Romanian classical scholar, essayist, translator and poet.
Descended from a noble family of Oltenia, he was trained in Latin and became a full professor at the University of Bucharest while still in his twenties.
He translated widely from the Roman canon, as well as publishing a series of studies devoted to ancient writers.
Meanwhile, Herescu wrote poetry of his own, and was president of the Romanian Writers' Society for several years.
He left his native country shortly before a Soviet occupation began, and spent the last part of his life in exile, first in Portugal and then in France.