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Ion Negoițescu

1921 - 1993

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Ion Negoiţescu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon neɡo.iˈt͡sesku]; also known as Nego; 10 August 1921 – 6 February 1993) was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading members of the Sibiu Literary Circle. A rebellious and eccentric figure, Negoiţescu began his career while still an adolescent, and made himself known as a literary ideologue of the 1940s generation. Moving from a youthful affiliation to the fascist Iron Guard, which he later came to regret, the author became a disciple of modernist doyen Eugen Lovinescu, and, by 1943, rallied the entire Sibiu Circle to the cause of anti-fascism. He was also one of the few openly homosexual intellectuals in Romania to have come out before the 1990s—an experience which, like his political commitments, is recorded in his controversial autobiographical writings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Negoițescu is the 6,370th most popular writer (down from 6,108th in 2024), the 532nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 504th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among writers, Ion Negoițescu ranks 6,370 out of 7,302. Before him are Pavel Antokolsky, Zadie Smith, Martha Wells, Alan Garner, Jáchym Topol, and Tristan Taormino. After him are Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Māra Zālīte, Alex Yermolinsky, Richard Price, Satya Vrat Shastri, and Olivier Weber.

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Among people born in 1921, Ion Negoițescu ranks 438. Before him are Peter Sallis, Johnny Otis, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Art Clokey, Marilyn Maxwell, and Richard Wilbur. After him are Wilbur Thompson, Horace Gould, Chen Muhua, Yevgeni Babich, Terence Cooke, and R. K. Laxman. Among people deceased in 1993, Ion Negoițescu ranks 287. Before him are Glenn Corbett, Criss Oliva, Vladimir Barmin, Ethelwynn Trewavas, Daulat Singh Kothari, and Rok Petrovič. After him are Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Ruby Keeler, Kenneth Connor, and Kerry Von Erich.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Negoițescu ranks 532 out of 844. Before him are Károly Weichelt (1906), Răzvan Raț (1981), Nicolae Dică (1980), Ciprian Marica (1985), Radu Voina (1950), and Florența Mihai (1955). After him are Constantin Gâlcă (1972), Lavinia Miloșovici (1976), Vasile Pușcașu (1956), Maria Ștefan (1954), Corneliu Ion (1951), and Elena Georgescu (1964).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Ion Negoițescu ranks 58. Before him are Ion Agârbiceanu (1882), Dan Pagis (1930), Miklós Jósika (1794), Monica Lovinescu (1923), Árpád Tóth (1886), and Aglaja Veteranyi (1962). After him are Linda Maria Baros (1981), Dan Stanca (1956), Attila Bartis (1968), Delia Grigore (1972), and György Dragomán (1973).

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