Nuși Tulliu

Poezii( "Poems" ), collection of poems by Nuși Tulliu published in 1926

Nuși Tulliu(23 April 1872 – 8 April 1941;Aromanian:Nushi Tulliu) was anAromanianpoet and prose writer.

He was born into an Aromanian family inAvdella,a village that formed part of theOttoman Empire'sManastir Vilayetand is now in Greece. He began school inKleisoura,followed by theRomanian High School of Bitola.Tulliu then enrolled in the literature faculty at theUniversity of Bucharestin theRomanian Old Kingdom,where he took a degree in Romanian history and language. He attended the law faculty for two years, but did not graduate. In 1905, he was sent toLeipzig Universityin order to prepare his doctorate in history. While still a student, he taught at the Romanian gymnasium inIoannina,and then inRomania.From 1929 until his retirement in 1937, he was a teacher inBucharest.From 1908 to 1912, he was a school inspector inMacedonia.

Tulliu's first published work was an 1894 article in the Bucharest magazinePeninsula balcanică.He subsequently contributed to other Romanian periodicals, includingAlbumul macedo-român,Cele trei Crișuri,Conservatorul,Dunărea,Flamura,Grai bun,Lilicea Pindului,Ordinea,Propilee literare,Românul de la Pind,Răsăritul,Timpul nou,Țara noastrăandUniversul.From November 1898 to September 1899, he publishedPindulusing his own funds; the magazine featured poems and prose in the Aromanian language. He headed Bucharest'sEcoul Macedonieinewspaper, and there publishedMurmintî fîră cruți(1903), which is described inDicționarul biografic al literaturii române( "The Biographical Dictionary of Romanian Literature"; 2006), edited by the Romanianliterary criticAurel Sasu,as the only novel in Aromanian-language literature.