Eugeniu Ștefănescu-Est

Eugeniu Ștefănescu-Est (born Eugeniu Gh. Ștefănescu; March 2, 1881–March 12, 1980) was a Romanian poet and prose writer.

Born in Craiova to composer George Stephănescu and his wife Eufrosina (née Negoescu), he attended high school in Ploiești and at Bucharest's Saint Sava High School from 1892 to 1900. He then studied law at Bucharest and Paris universities, obtaining a doctorate in 1904. He served as a judge from 1904 to 1909 at Turnu Măgurele and Ciolăneștii din Deal, and on the Ștorobăneasa-Bârca circuit. He was a lawyer in Prahova County from 1910 and one in Ilfov County from 1923. He was a bailiff at the courthouses in Buzău (1931), Brașov (1933) and Alba Iulia (1934). He resigned from the magistracy in 1934. He was completely forgotten by 1947, when he was totally blind: a 1968 anthology listed him as deceased, he gave a Ionescian interview in 1977 at his Galați home, and he died at the age of 99.

He made his poetry debut with "Toamna" in Foaia pentru toți, in 1897. His work was also published in Literatorul, Sămănătorul, Insula and Revista celorlalți. His first book was the 1911 Poeme; he also published the 1925 verse volume Imperii efemere. Another book, Armonii lascive, was announced but never appeared. He then turned to prose, writing collections of legends inspired by domestic and Oriental tales: Păunașul codrilor (1929), Povestea lui Buceag Împărat (1937), Povestea lui Mitu Sucitu (1939), Abdalah și frumoasa Azad (1939), Zastra fachirul (1939). His novels were Spre o nouă viață (1941), Școala dragostei (1943) and Femei moderne (1944). In 1949, he unsuccessfully attempted to publish the novella Țara mea frumoasă and the fairy tale Făt-Frumos din agrișe.