Emil Cioran
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Emil Mihai Cioran 8 April 1911 Resinár, Austria-Hungary (present-day Rășinari, Romania) |
| Died | 21 June 1995 (aged 84) Paris, France |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Philosophical pessimism, Existentialism |
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Suicide, nihilism, ethics, literature |
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Emil Cioran (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈmil t͡ʃoˈran]; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. Cioran was born in Resinár (Rășinari), Szeben County, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, and frequently engaged with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism. Among his best known works are On the Heights of Despair (1934) and The Trouble with Being Born (1973). Cioran's first French book, A Short History of Decay, was awarded the prestigious Rivarol Prize in 1950. The Latin Quarter of Paris was his permanent residence and he lived much of his life in isolation with his partner Simone Boué.
Cioran was born in Resinár (Rășinari), Szeben County, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. His father, Emilian Cioran, was an orthodox priest, while his mother, Elvira (née Comaniciu), was originally from Veneția de Jos, a commune near Făgăraș.
After focusing on Humanities at the Gheorghe Lazăr High School in Sibiu (Hermannstadt), Cioran, at age 17, entered the University of Bucharest where he studied Philosophy and where he immediately met Eugène Ionesco and Mircea Eliade who became his lifelong friends. Future Romanian philosopher Constantin Noica and future Romanian thinker Petre Țuțea, became his closest academic colleagues as all studied under Tudor Vianu and Nae Ionescu. Cioran, Eliade, and Țuțea became supporters of the ideas of Nae Ionescu, deemed , which fused Existentialism with various forms of Fascism.
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