Radu Varia (born 1940), Romanian art critic and art historian
Throughout his life he corresponded with continental scholars, by whom he was much esteemed, as evidenced by Gronovius's dedication to Ellys of his edition of Ælian's Varia Historia, and the Wetsteins' edition of Johann Caspar Suicer's Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus, to which he had contributed the use of a manuscript.
Since 1900 the Varia has had several awards, including the cover of an issue of La Domenica del Corriere, issue a postage stamp produced by Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato and combined with a national lottery.
Álvaro Cunqueiro: Escuela de melecineros y fábula de varia xente (1997)