Emil Gulian (1907–1942) was a

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n poet. Born in

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, he earned degrees in law and philosophy from the University of Bucharest and practiced as a lawyer. His first published work appeared in ''Universul literar'' at a time when Camil Petrescu was director. He contributed poems, prose and criticism to ''Universul literar'', ''

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'', '' Contimporanul'', ''Vremea'', ''Azi'', ''Cuvântul'', ''

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'' and ''Rampa''. He published a single poetry book, ''Duh de basm'' (1934). His poems, abstract and creating an impression of hermeticism, feature echoes of

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's work. Nearly all are erotic, and describe a symbolic landscape in which vagueness, cold and abstraction are the forms through which a simulated melancholy manifests itself. Authors he translated include

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, Paul Claudel,

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, François Mauriac and

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. He was awarded the

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prize in 1934. He was killed while fighting on the front during World War II.Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. I, p. 701. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulian, Emil 1907 births 1942 deaths People from Giurgiu University of Bucharest alumni Romanian poets Romanian literary critics Romanian translators Translators of Edgar Allan Poe 20th-century Romanian lawyers Romanian military personnel killed in World War II 20th-century translators