Cincinat Pavelescu ( – November 30, 1934) was a Romanian poet and playwright.

Biography Born in Bucharest, his parents were the engineer Ion Pavelescu and his wife Paulina (née Bucșan). He attended the Cantemir High School in his native city, followed by the law faculty of the University of Bucharest from 1891 to 1895, and received his doctorate in 1897.

He began a legal career in 1899. Meanwhile, he had made his literary debut with poems in , in 1891. He began to attract notice with his writings in , where he began publishing in 1892. That year, he became its editor-in-chief, and took on the role of co-director in 1893. He was editor-in-chief of (1907-1908), and formed part of the leadership at from 1910. In 1920, he edited at Paris. From 1931 to 1934, he directed magazine. He was the first president of the Romanian Writers' Society, elected in 1908.

In 1927, he won the national prize for poetry. He died in Brașov.Aurel Sasu (ed.), Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române, vol. I, p. 312-13. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

Bibliography Despre agenții diplomatici (doctoral thesis), Bucharest, 1897 Poezii, Bucharest, 1911 Epigrame, Craiova, 1925 (subsequent edition, 1934) Poezii, Bucharest, 1926 Epigrame, Bucharest, 1966 Versuri. Epigrame. Amintiri. Corespondență, Bucharest, 1972

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