Ștefan Bârsănescu (28 March 1895 – 5 November 1984) was a

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n academician and educator who gained renown as an essayist and philosopher. Born in the village of

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, a part of the historical region of

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, Ștefan Bârsănescu was a member of the Romanian Academy and the author of over thirty scholarly volumes and more than five hundred articles and essays. He died in

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four-and-a-half months before his 90th birthday.

Selected bibliography

* - (1932) * - (1935) * - (1936) * - (1939) * - (1946) * - (1946) * - (1951) * - (1957) * - (1962) * - (1971) * - (1978, in collaboration with Florela Bârsănescu) * - (1983)

External links

Biography - Stefan Barsanescu
Corresponding members of the Romanian Academy People from Buzău County 1895 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Romanian essayists 20th-century Romanian philosophers {{Romania-bio-stub