Emil Cioran: Romanian-French philosopher and essayist
Emil Mihai Cioran (Romanian: (listen), French: ; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist.
He was known for his antinatalism, pessimism, skepticism, nihilism and gnosticism. His works often depict an atmosphere of torment, a state that Cioran himself experienced, and came to be dominated by lyricism.
Major works
Romanian
- Pe culmile disperării
- Cartea amăgirilor
- Schimbarea la faţă a României
- Lacrimi şi Sfinţi
- Îndreptar pătimaş
French
- Mon pays/Ţara mea
- Précis de décomposition
- Syllogismes de l'amertume
- La tentation d'exister
- Histoire et utopie
- La chute dans le temps
- Le mauvais démiurge
- De l'inconvénient d'être né
- Exercices d'admiration
- Cahiers
- Œuvres
- Des larmes et des saints
- Sur les cimes du désespoir
- Le crépuscule des pensées
- Jadis et naguère
- Valéry face à ses idoles
- De la France
- Transfiguration de la Roumanie
- Cahier Cioran
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