What is Emil Cioran?
[[File:Cioran in Romania.jpg|right|200px]] '''Emil Mihai Cioran''' ({{IPA-ro|eˈmil t͡ʃoˈran|lang|Ro-Emil Cioran.ogg}}, {{IPA-fr|emil sjɔʁɑ̃|lang}}; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a [[Romania]]n [[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== {{Commonscat}} ===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'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cioran, Emil}} [[Category:1911 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:Romanian writers]] [[Category:Romanian philosophers]] {{Biography-stub}}