Valeriu Pantazi (born Pantazie Valeriu Constantinescu on 17 May 1940 – 25 July 2015) was a Romanian poet, writer, and painter.

Valeriu Pantazi
Pantazi in 1980
Born
Valeriu Pantazie Constantinescu

(1940-05-17)17 May 1940
Died25 July 2015(2015-07-25) (aged 75)
Resting placeStrăulești Cemetery, Bucharest
EducationOctavian Angheluță [ro]
Corneliu Baba
Alexandru Ciucurencu
Alma mater
Known forPainting, engraving
Movementpost-impressionism, science fiction, conceptual art, impressionism, abstract expressionism, cubism, CoBrA
SpouseFrancisca Stoenescu
Children1
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He was born in Urechești (at the time in Râmnicu Sărat County, now in Vrancea County), the son of Octavian Constantinescu and Maria Oprescu. He completed his secondary education at the Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu High School in Buzău.

Pantazi died in Bucharest and is buried at Străulești Cemetery.

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  • Constantin Toni Dârțu – Personalități române și faptele lor, 1950 - 2010, volumul 56 (volum de colecție), Editura Studis, Iași, 2013, pp. 442–459, ISBN 978-606-624-002-4
  • Eugen BarbuO istorie polemică și antologică a literaturii române, Editura Eminescu, București, 1976.

Mass-media:

  • The weekly magazine of the Writers' Union of RomaniaLuceafărul de dimineață, No. 44, December 23, 2009
  • The Națiunea weekly, No. 246, April 20, 2004
  • The newspaper Dimineața No. 3888, August 12, 2004