The Sibiu Literary Circle ( ro, Cercul literar de la Sibiu) was a literary group created during

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Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

to promote the modernist liberal ideas of

Eugen Lovinescu Eugen Lovinescu (; 31 October 1881 – 16 July 1943) was a Romanian modernist literary historian, literary critic, academic, and novelist, who in 1919 established the ''Sburătorul'' literary club. He was the father of Monica Lovinescu, and the u ...

. The group was formed around

Lucian Blaga Lucian Blaga (; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. Biography Blaga was born on 9 May 1895 ...

and other intellectuals from

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, who had settled in Sibiu after the Rumanian University of Cluj had moved there in 1940, in the wake of the Hungarian occupation of Northern Transylvania. The most active members of the group were Ion Negoițescu, Radu Stanca, Ion Desideriu Sârbu, Cornel Regman, Ștefan Augustin Doinaș,

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, Eugen Todoran,

Eta Boeriu Eta Boeriu (born Margarita Caranica; February 23, 1923 in Turda – November 13, 1984 in Cluj-Napoca) was a Romanian poet, literary critic and translator. Involved in the Sibiu Literary Circle (which disbanded in 1945),Petru Poantă, ''Cercul ...

, Radu Enescu, and

Ovidiu Cotruş Ovidiu (, historical name: ''Canara'', tr, Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanța in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of around 12,000, and many wealthy inhabitants of ...

. The group disbanded in 1945.

References

* Ovidiu S. Crohmălniceanu, ''Cercul literar de la Sibiu şi influenţa catalitică a culturii germane'',

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: Editura Universalia, 2000. * Petru Poantă, ''Cercul literar de la Sibiu. Introducere în fenomenul originar'', Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, 1997. Romanian writers' organizations Literary circles Romania in World War II Literary Circle 1940 establishments in Romania 1945 disestablishments in Romania Arts organizations established in 1940 Organizations disestablished in 1945 Arts organizations disestablished in the 20th century {{Romania-org-stub