George Călinescu Writer

George Călinescu (Romanian: [ˈd͡ʒe̯ord͡ʒe kəliˈnesku]; June 19, 1899 – March 12, 1965) was a Romanian literary critic, historian, novelist, academician and journalist, and a writer of classicist and humanist tendencies. He is currently considered one of the most important Romanian literary critics of all time, alongside Titu Maiorescu and Eugen Lovinescu, and is one of the outstanding figures of Romanian literature in the 20th century.

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George Călinescu
Birth dateJune 19, 1899
Birth nameGheorghe Vişan
Birth place
Bucharest
Date of deathMarch 12, 1965
Place of death
Otopeni

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influenced
Nicolae Manolescu
Adrian Marino
Alexandru Piru
Dinu Pillat
Eugen Simion
influenced by
Eugen Lovinescu
Garabet Ibrăileanu
movement
Modernism

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