Emil Mihai Cioran (, ; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist. He was known for his antinatalism, pessimism, skepticism, nihilism and gnosticism. His works often depict an atmosphere of torment, a state that Cioran himself experienced, and came to be dominated by lyricism.

Major works

Romanian

Pe culmile disperării

Cartea amăgirilor

Schimbarea la faţă a României

Lacrimi şi Sfinţi

Îndreptar pătimaş

French

Mon pays/Ţara mea

Précis de décomposition

Syllogismes de l'amertume

La tentation d'exister

Histoire et utopie

La chute dans le temps

Le mauvais démiurge

De l'inconvénient d'être né

Exercices d'admiration

Cahiers

Œuvres

Des larmes et des saints

Sur les cimes du désespoir

Le crépuscule des pensées

Jadis et naguère

Valéry face à ses idoles

De la France

Transfiguration de la Roumanie

Cahier Cioran

1911 births

1995 deaths

Romanian writers

Romanian philosophers

Emil Cioran