Emil Cioran

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aphorist essayist human philosopher

Emil Cioran was a Romanian-born philosopher and essayist known for his aphoristic, pessimistic meditations on nihilism, suffering, and the futility of existence.

Aliases (1)

Cioran ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aphorist → essayist → human → philosopher →
burialPlace	Montparnasse Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	Alzheimer's disease →
citizenship	France → Romania →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of Romania →
countryOfDeath	France →
countryOfResidence	France →
dateOfBirth	1911-04-08 →
dateOfDeath	1995-06-20 →
describedBySource	known for aphoristic, pessimistic meditations on nihilism, suffering, and the futility of existence →
educatedAt	University of Bucharest →
familyName	Cioran →
fieldOfWork	literature → philosophy →
genre	aphorism → philosophical essay → philosophical pessimism →
givenName	Emil →
influenced	E. M. Cioran readership worldwide → Fernando Savater → Paul Celan →
influencedBy	Arthur Schopenhauer → Blaise Pascal → Friedrich Nietzsche → Søren Kierkegaard →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	French → Romanian →
movement	existentialism → nihilism → pessimism →
nativeLanguage	Romanian →
notableIdea	anti-natalism → critique of existence → radical pessimism →
notableWork	A Short History of Decay → All Gall Is Divided → History and Utopia → On the Heights of Despair → The New Gods → The Temptation to Exist → The Trouble with Being Born →
occupation	essayist → philosopher → writer →
placeOfBirth	Rășinari →
placeOfDeath	Paris →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy →
residence	Paris →
sexOrGender	male →
writingLanguage	French → Romanian →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Montparnasse Cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Emil Cioran ("Cioran") →	familyName
Arthur Schopenhauer →	influenced