Ion Minulescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ion Minulescu

Romanian writer

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1881

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1944

Profession: writer, poet, translator, journalist, literary critic, linguist, theatre critic

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ion Minulescu (Romanian pronunciation: [i'on minu'lesku]; 6 January 1881 – 11 April 1944) was a Romanian avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic, and playwright.
Often publishing his works under the pseudonyms I.
M.
Nirvan and Koh-i-Noor (the latter being derived from the famous diamond), he journeyed to Paris, where he was heavily influenced by the growing Symbolist movement and Parisian Bohemianism.
A herald of Romania's own Symbolist movement, he had a major influence on local modernist literature, and was among the first local poets to use free verse.