Alfred Hefter (last name also Hefter-Hidalgo) (1892 in

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

– 1957 in

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) was a Romanian poet, journalist, and writer of Jewish descent. In 1935 he founded the French-language newspaper ''

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'', which was published in Bucharest (besides in Geneva) until 1940. His first publication was a Marxist-influenced pamphlet in 1908, which he wrote with his brother Jean (1887–1974), also a journalist. He published poems in the literary magazine ''

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''. He was the editor of a symbolist magazine, '' Versuri şi Prozǎ'' (1912–14), and two newspapers, and after 1924 was active in Bucharest as an editor, where he was part of a group of Jewish intellectuals who influenced the poet, critic, and philosopher

Benjamin Fondane Benjamin Fondane () or Benjamin Fundoianu (; born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B.; November 14, 1898 – October 2, 1944) was a Romanian and France, French poet, critic and Existentia ...

. On unfriendly terms with the government censor, he moved to

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in 1931 and edited the French-language journal ''Le Moment'', then returned to Bucharest to continue its publication there. He left Bucharest in 1941 for Jerusalem, moved to France in 1948, and finally to Rome, where he became a businessman and died in 1957.

Publications

*''Cuvinte despre oameni'' ("Some Words on People," 1913) *''Din umbrǎ'' ("From the Shadow," 1913) *''Ariana'' (drama, 1915) *''Miros de iarbā'' ("Smell of Grass," drama, 1915)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hefter, Alfred 1892 births 1951 deaths Jewish writers Writers from Iași Romanian newspaper editors Romanian emigrants to Italy