Virgil Nemoianu
Virgil Nemoianu | |
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Nemoianu in 2005 | |
| Born | March 12, 1940 Bucharest, Romania |
| Died | June 6, 2025 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest University of California, San Diego |
| Notable works | The Taming of Romanticism Theory of the Secondary The Triumph of Imperfection Imperfection and Defeat |
| Notable awards | Order of the Star of Romania, Commander rank |
| Spouse | Anca Nemoianu |
| Children | 1 |
Virgil Nemoianu (Romanian pronunciation: [virˈd͡ʒil nemoˈjanu], March 12, 1940 – June 6, 2025) was a Romanian-American essayist, literary critic, and philosopher of culture. He was generally described as a specialist in comparative literature, but this is a somewhat limiting label, only partially covering the wider range of his activities and accomplishments. His thinking placed him at the intersection of neo-Platonism and neo-Kantianism, which he turned into an instrument meant to qualify, channel, and tame the asperities, as well as what he regarded as the impatient accelerations and even absurdities of modernity and post-modernity. He chose early on to write within the intellectual horizons outlined by Goethe and Leibniz, and continued to do so throughout his life.