Șerban Cioculescu
Romanian academic (1902-1988) · Romania · On the map · Academics · Died at 85
Șerban Cioculescu was a Romanian literary critic, literary historian and columnist who was born in Drobeta-Turnu Severin and died in Bucharest.
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About this person
He held teaching positions in Romanian literature at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, as well as membership of the Romanian Academy and chairmanship of its Library. Often described as one of the most representative Romanian critics of the interwar period, he took part in the cultural debates of the age, and, as a left-wing sympathizer who supported secularism, was involved in extended polemics with the traditionalist, far right and nationalist press venues. From early on in his career, Cioculescu was also noted for his selective approach to literary modernism and the avant-garde, preferring to place his cultural references with Neoclassicism.
