Virgil Ierunca, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Virgil Ierunca

Romanian writer

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1920

Place of Birth: Lădești, Vâlcea County, Romania

Date of Death: 28-Sep-2006

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Virgil Ierunca (Romanian pronunciation: [vir'd??il je'ru?ka]; born Virgil Untaru [un'taru]; August 16, 1920, Lade?ti, Vâlcea County – September 28, 2006, Paris) was a Romanian literary critic, journalist and poet.
He was married to Monica Lovinescu. Both Ierunca and Lovinescu worked for several decades for Radio Free Europe. In 2006 both were members of the Romanian Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania; the Commission's chairman, Vladimir Tismaneanu, called them "the most honest and dignified couple in the history of Romanian culture".