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Emil Cioran
Emil Mihai Cioran was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorisms. His works frequently engaged with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism. In 1937, Cioran moved to the Latin Quarter of Paris, which became his permanent residence, wherein he lived in seclus…
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culture · Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist (1911–1995) · philosopher · writer · diarist · aphorist · translator · also Emil Cioran, Emil Mihai Cioran, Emil-Michel Cioran, Cioran
Born 8 April 1911 · Died 20 June 1995 · Q193405
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2026· 2 entries
agerpres: DOCUMENTAR: 115 ani de la nașterea filosofului și scriitorului Emil Cioran (8 aprilie)
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2021· 1 entry
Hotnews: Emil Cioran – trecerea meteorică a unui filosof prin diplomație
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2018· 1 entry
agerpres: ROMÂNI CELEBRI: Emil Cioran, "scepticul de serviciu al unei lumi în declin..."
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2011· 1 entry
balkaninsight: Manuscripts by Romanian Philosopher Cioran Fetch €400,000
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2009· 1 entry
The Romanian Academy granted posthumous membership to Cioran
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2007· 1 entry
Under the direction of Radu Afrim and with a cast of Romanian and Luxembourgian actors; Cioran was played by Constantin Cojocaru
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1995· 3 entries
Died 1995-06-20.
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“A obsessão pelo suicídio é própria de quem não pode viver, nem morrer, e cuja atenção nunca se afasta dessa dupla impossibilidade.”
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Cioran died of Alzheimer's disease and was buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand (1988).
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Roger Nimier Prix (1977).
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1974· 1 entry
Francoist Spain banned The Evil Demiurge for being "atheist, blasphemous, and anti-Christian", which Cioran considered "one of the greatest jokes in his absurd existence
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Sainte-Beuve (1957).
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1949· 1 entry
By Gallimard, and was awarded the Prix Rivarol in 1950 for the best book written by a non-French author
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1942· 1 entry
Cioran met Simone Boué, another insomniac, with whom he lived for the rest of his life
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1937· 2 entries
Cioran moved to the Latin Quarter of Paris, which became his permanent residence, wherein he lived in seclusion with his partner, Simone Boué, until his death in 1995
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First applied for a fellowship at the Spanish Embassy in Bucharest but then the Spanish Civil War started
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1936· 1 entry
Cioran taught philosophy at the Andrei Șaguna High School in Brașov for a year
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1935· 2 entries
Studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1933–1935).
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His mother is reputed to have told him that if she had known he was going to be so unhappy she would have aborted him)
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1934· 2 entries
Wrote, "I find that in Romania the sole fertile, creative, and invigorating nationalism can only be one which does not just dismiss tradition, but also denies and defeats it"
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“I find that in Romania the sole fertile, creative, and invigorating nationalism can only be one which does not just dismiss tradition, but also denies and defeats it”
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1933· 1 entry
Cioran received a scholarship to the University of Berlin, where he studied Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Hegel, Edmund Husserl, Immanuel Kant, Georg Simmel, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche
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1932· 2 entries
Studied at University of Bucharest, licentiate (1932).
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By young Cioran: "Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home
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1911· 1 entry
Born 1911-04-08.
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