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Benjamin Fondane

1898 - 1944

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Benjamin Fondane (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ fɔ̃dan]) or Benjamin Fundoianu (Romanian pronunciation: [benʒaˈmin fundoˈjanu]; born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B.; November 14, 1898 – October 2, 1944) was a Romanian and French poet, critic and existentialist philosopher, also noted for his work in film and theater. Known from his Romanian youth as a Symbolist poet and columnist, he alternated neoromantic and expressionist themes with echoes from Tudor Arghezi, and dedicated several poetic cycles to the rural life of his native Moldavia. Fondane, who was of Jewish Romanian extraction and a nephew of Jewish intellectuals Elias and Moses Schwartzfeld, participated in both minority secular Jewish culture and mainstream Romanian culture. During and after World War I, he was active as a cultural critic, avant-garde promoter and, with his brother-in-law Armand Pascal, manager of the theatrical troupe Insula. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Fondane is the 2,849th most popular writer (down from 2,819th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Romania (down from 197th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among writers, Benjamin Fondane ranks 2,849 out of 7,302. Before him are Adrienne Rich, Ricarda Huch, Kader Abdolah, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Roy Medvedev, and Massimo Bontempelli. After him are Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Per Petterson, Theodore Prodromos, Adam Michnik, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, and Servius Sulpicius Rufus.

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Among people born in 1898, Benjamin Fondane ranks 126. Before him are Kaj Munk, Pavel Urysohn, Messali Hadj, Karl Koller, Vilhelm Moberg, and Ada Blackjack. After him are Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Étienne Decroux, Lucius D. Clay, Irene Dunne, Leopold Okulicki, and Jack Haley. Among people deceased in 1944, Benjamin Fondane ranks 168. Before him are Gabriel Hanotaux, Ramón Castillo, Adolf Diekmann, Motobu Chōki, Adolf Wagner, and Abdurreshid Ibrahim. After him are Endre Kabos, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Miklós Radnóti, Félix Fénéon, and Eduard Wagner.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Benjamin Fondane ranks 212 out of 844. Before him are Ion Creangă (1837), Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (1952), Josef Posipal (1927), Olga Szabó-Orbán (1938), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), and Marthe Bibesco (1886). After him are Endre Kabos (1906), Edward Luttwak (1942), Sabbas the Goth (334), Constantin Ion Parhon (1874), Nicolae Paulescu (1869), and Johann Hedwig (1730).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Benjamin Fondane ranks 28. Before him are Mihail Sebastian (1907), Eva Mozes Kor (1934), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Ion Creangă (1837), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), and Marthe Bibesco (1886). After him are Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), Tudor Arghezi (1880), Liviu Rebreanu (1885), Elena Văcărescu (1864), Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802), and Alexandru Macedonski (1854).

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