Tudor Măinescu (born Constantin Măinescu; 23 February 1892 – 15 March 1977) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. Born in Caracal, his parents were Vasile Măinescu, a clerk at Poșta Română, and his wife Theonia (née Dobritescu). He attended primary school and gymnasium in Craiova, Bucharest and Mizil, and high school in Ploiești and Galați. He studied for a year at the medical faculty of Bucharest University, followed by another at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory under Constantin I. Nottara. Măinescu then entered the law faculty at Bucharest, transferring to Iași University and earning his degree there in 1923. The following year, he entered the magistracy as a judge's assistant in Celaru, Dolj County. He then became a judge at the tribunal in Slatina, working his way up the hie