Eugène IonescoTristan TzaraHerta MüllerPaul Celan
Dimitrie CantemirJacob L. MorenoMihai EminescuPanait Istrati

The Most Famous

Writers from Romania

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This page contains a list of the greatest Romanians Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 63 of which were born in Romania. This makes Romania the birth place of the 24th most number of Writers behind Ireland and Iran.

Top 10 Romanian Writers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Romanians Writers of all time. This list of famous Romanians Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Romanians Writers.

  1. #1
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    Eugène Ionesco

    1909 - 1994

    HPI 79.4578 langs

    Eugène Ionesco is most famous for his absurdist play, "The Bald Soprano."

  2. #2
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    Tristan Tzara

    1896 - 1963

    HPI 77.5367 langs

    Tristan Tzara is most famous for his Dadaist poems and his co-founding of the Dadaist movement.

  3. #3
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    Herta Müller

    b. 1953

    HPI 76.59107 langs

    Herta Müller is most famous for her novel "The Land of Green Plums," which was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009.

  4. #4
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    Paul Celan

    1920 - 1970

    HPI 75.2651 langs

    Paul Celan is most famous for his poem "Death Fugue."

  5. #5
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    Elie Wiesel

    1928 - 2016

    HPI 72.0380 langs

    Elie Wiesel is most famous for his book Night, which is about his experience in the Holocaust.

  6. #6
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    Dimitrie Cantemir

    1673 - 1723

    HPI 71.8543 langs

    Dimitrie Cantemir is most famous for his work on the history of the Ottoman Empire.

  7. #7
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    Jacob L. Moreno

    1889 - 1974

    HPI 71.0933 langs
    Jacob L. Moreno is most famous for inventing psychodrama, a form of psychotherapy in which the patient acts out their problems with the help...Read moreShow less

    Jacob L. Moreno is most famous for inventing psychodrama, a form of psychotherapy in which the patient acts out their problems with the help of a therapist.

  8. #8
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    Mihai Eminescu

    1850 - 1889

    HPI 70.5268 langs
    Mihai Eminescu is one of Romania's most famous poets. He was born in 1850 and died in 1889. He is most famous for his poem "The Prayer"...Read moreShow less

    Mihai Eminescu is one of Romania's most famous poets. He was born in 1850 and died in 1889. He is most famous for his poem "The Prayer" which was written in 1881.

  9. #9
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    Panait Istrati

    1884 - 1935

    HPI 68.4233 langs

    Panait Istrati is most famous for his novel "The Forest Passage" which is a memoir of his time in Russia and Romania.

People by Birth Decade

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