Ion Minulescu | |
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Born | Bucharest | January 6, 1881
Died | April 11, 1944 Bucharest | (aged 63)
Pen name | I. M. Nirvan Koh-i-Noor |
Occupation | poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, literary critic, journalist, civil servant |
Nationality | Romanian |
Period | 1904–1944 |
Genre | lyric poetry, drama, memoir, satire |
Literary movement | Symbolism Avant-garde Sburătorul |
Ion Minulescu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon minuˈlesku]; 6 January 1881 – 11 April 1944) was a Romanian avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic, and playwright. Often publishing his works under the pseudonyms I. M. Nirvan and Koh-i-Noor (the latter being derived from the famous diamond), he journeyed to Paris, where he was heavily influenced by the growing Symbolist movement and Parisian Bohemianism. A herald of Romania's own Symbolist movement, he had a major influence on local modernist literature, and was among the first local poets to use free verse.[1]