Lucian Blaga

Lucian Blaga
Blaga's portrait, Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Born	(1895-05-09)9 May 1895 Lámkerék, Szeben County, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Lancrăm, Alba County, Romania)
Died	6 May 1961(1961-05-06) (aged 65) Cluj, Cluj Region, Romanian People's Republic (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Resting place	Lancrăm, Sebeș Municipality, Alba County, Romania
Alma mater	University of Vienna (PhD)
Occupation(s)	linguist, poet, translator, philosopher, writer, journalist, diplomat
Notable work	Poems of light
Political party	National Renaissance Front National Popular Party (Romania)
Movement	modernism expressionism
Spouse	Cornelia Brediceanu
Children	Dorli Blaga
Parents	Isidor Blaga (father) Ana Moga (mother)
Awards	Hamagiu Award (1935)

Lucian Blaga (Romanian: [lutʃiˈan ˈblaɡa] ^ⓘ; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He is considered one of the greatest philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philosopher of the twentieth century who due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his career is barely known to the outside world.