Corneliu M. Popescu

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Corneliu M Popescu (1958 - March 4, 1977) was a Romanian translator of poetry who died at the age of 19 in the earthquake of 1977. A poetry translation prize [1] in his name was established in 1982 in commemoration of his work.

In the Guardian Review on 20th September 2003, there appeared an article [2] by the poet Alan Brownjohn about his own participation in judging the award for that year. A segment of a translation Popescu made of one of Mihai Eminescu's poems is reproduced in the article, as is a photograph of Popescu.