''Cuvântul'' (, meaning "The Word") was a daily newspaper, published by philosopher Nae Ionescu in Bucharest, Romania, from 1926 to 1934, and again in 1938. It was primarily noted for progressively adopting a

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and

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agenda, and for supporting, during the 1930s, the revolutionary fascist

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. Notable staff members of ''Cuvântul'' during its initial run included Mircea Eliade,

Mihail Sebastian Mihail Sebastian (; born Iosif Mendel Hechter; October 18, 1907 – May 29, 1945) was a Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist. Life Sebastian was born to a Jewish family in Brăila, the son of Mendel and Clara Hechter. After c ...

Victor Ion Popa Victor Ion Popa (; July 29, 1895 in Bârlad – March 30, 1946 in Bucharest) was a Romanian dramatist. He went to primary school in the village of Călmăţui, a village in the Grivița commune, in the former Tutova County, where his father was a ...

Perpessicius Perpessicius (; pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu, also known as Panait Șt. Dumitru, D. P. Perpessicius and Panaitescu-Perpessicius; October 22, 1891 – March 29, 1971) was a Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction wri ...

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, Ion Călugăru, Dem. Theodorescu, George Breazul, and

Paul Sterian Paul Sterian (May 1, 1904–September 14, 1984) was a Romanian poet and civil servant. Born into a cultured family in Bucharest, his parents were physician Eraclie Sterian and his wife Alexandrina (''née'' Gulimănescu); he was married to . F ...

. Editor Nae Ionescu died in March 1940. It resumed publication in October 1940, after the establishment of the National Legionary State, under the directorship of

Petre P. Panaitescu Petre P. Panaitescu (March 11, 1900 – November 14, 1967) was a Romanian literary historian. A native of Iași, he spent most of his adult life in the national capital Bucharest, where he rose to become a professor at its main university. A ...

. The relaunched paper became an official organ of the Iron Guard, carrying the subtitle "Newspaper of the Legionary Movement" ("Ziar al Mișcării Legionare"). After the Legionnaire's rebellion and the ousting of the Iron Guard from government in January 1941, it ceased publication again.

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