PHILOSOPHER

Emil Cioran

1911 - 1995

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Emil Mihai Cioran (Romanian: [eˈmil tʃoˈran] ; French: [emil sjɔʁɑ̃]; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Cioran has received more than 1,641,608 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Emil Cioran is the 107th most popular philosopher (up from 117th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Romania (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Philosopher.

Emil Cioran is a Romanian-born philosopher, essayist, and poet who is most famous for his pessimistic philosophy.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Emil Cioran ranks 107 out of 1,267. Before him are Al-Tabari, Aristippus, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Meister Eckhart, and Zhu Xi. After him are Wilhelm von Humboldt, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Tertullian, Gilles Deleuze, Bodhidharma, and Antisthenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Emil Cioran ranks 8. Before him are Josef Mengele, Konstantin Chernenko, Georges Pompidou, Baba Vanga, Naguib Mahfouz, and Władysław Szpilman. After him are Juan Manuel Fangio, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Todor Zhivkov, William Golding, Nino Rota, and Czesław Miłosz. Among people deceased in 1995, Emil Cioran ranks 2. Before him is Yitzhak Rabin. After him are Gilles Deleuze, Juan Manuel Fangio, Eugene Wigner, Michael Ende, Mikhail Botvinnik, Emmanuel Levinas, Adolf Butenandt, Gunnar Nordahl, Konrad Zuse, and Dean Martin.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Emil Cioran ranks 9 out of 844. Before him are Béla Bartók (1881), Michael I of Romania (1921), Eugène Ionesco (1909), Alaric I (376), Stephen Báthory (1533), and John Hunyadi (1407). After him are Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Tristan Tzara (1896), Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Ion Antonescu (1882), Mircea Eliade (1907), and Theodoric I (393).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Romania

Among philosophers born in Romania, Emil Cioran ranks 1. After him are Lucien Goldmann (1913), Georges Politzer (1903), Vazgen I (1908), Péter Pázmány (1570), Ferenc Dávid (1510), and Lucian Blaga (1895).

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