E. M. Cioran (1911–1995)
Author of The Trouble with Being Born
About the Author
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Works by E. M. Cioran
لو كان آدم سعيدًا — Author — 5 copies
Adiós a la filosofía 3 copies
المياه كلها بلون الغرق 2 copies
The Book of Delusions 2 copies
Aforismos sobre música 2 copies
*ANY 1 copy
Gevierteilt 1 copy
Odisea del Rencor 1 copy
193 Fragmentos de Cioran 1 copy
Brief aan een verre vriend 1 copy
Emil Cioran e a Filosofia Negativa. Homenagem ao Centenário de Nascimento (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2013) 1 copy
Caiete 1957-1972 1 copy
PER FRANCEN 1 copy
Tristetea de a fi 1 copy
Na vrhuncu beznađa 1 copy
Cioran Emil 1 copy
Εγκόλπιο… 1 copy
Algunos encuentros 1 copy
Ese maldito yo 1 copy
Sfirsitul care incepe 1 copy
Eseuri 1 copy
Antropologia filosofica 1 copy
Samotność i przeznaczenie 1 copy
Sioran razgovori 1 copy
Myśleć przeciw sobie 1 copy
Indreptar patimas II 1 copy
Extravíos (Spanish Edition) 1 copy
Associated Works
都市 第1号 The City. No.1 1969 Winter — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Cioran, Emil
- Legal name
- Cioran, Emil Michel
- Other names
- Cioran, Émile M.
- Birthdate
- 1911-04-08
- Date of death
- 1995-06-20
- Burial location
- Montparnassen hautausmaa, Pariisi, Ranska
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Romania
- Birthplace
- Răşinari, Romania
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Places of residence
- Rasinari, Romania (Austria-Hungary)
Paris, France (Latin Quarter)
Berlin, Germany - Education
- Bukarestin yliopisto (filosofian kandidaatti ∙ 1932)
University of Bucharest - Occupations
- philosopher
- Organizations
- Iron Guard
- Awards and honors
- Rivarol Prize (1950 ∙ later prize offers refused)
Grand prix de littérature Paul Morand de l'Académie française (1988)
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Emil Cioran: Philosopher of the Abyss in The Chapel of the Abyss (August 2016)
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- 106
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- ISBNs
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- Languages
- 17
- Favorited
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- About
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- Touchstones
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Cioran is a typical modern-day exponent of the metaphysical futility school. It is possible to argue that the titles of the first two articles in The Temptation to Exist, "Thinking Against Oneself" and "On a Winded Civilization," perfectly capture the tone and perspective of the entire collection as well as Cioran's body of work. Here, as elsewhere, Cioran presents a series of intensely personal observations on a variety of instructive subjects, including the collapse of Western civilization, the place of the intellectual in modern society, the end of the novel, the benefits of tyranny, the future of utopia, and other related subjects.
Cioran's persuasiveness stems from more than just the content of his argument; his style and epigrammatic tautness are just as, if not more, significant. His much-publicized efforts to master the French language have yielded a style that combines an almost Olympian coldness and intellectuality with an almost hysterical impression of passion. It is fundamentally a teenage style, like so much about Cioran: conceited, confessional, and theatrical, but full of vitality none the less. One of his most blatant rhetorical allusions to Nietzsche is the royal we, which he frequently employs to lend his work an air of authority. Cioran is also highly quotable if one ignores context and misses small details like meaning. Reading these essays is nonetheless engaging and demands the reader's thoughtful attention.… (more)