Emil Cioran (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈmil t͡ʃoˈran]; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. Cioran was born in Rășinari, Sibiu County, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. His first French book, A Short History of Decay, was awarded the prestigious Rivarol Prize in 1950. It was the only book for which he accepted an award given to him, claiming that it would have been insolent of him to refuse it. The Latin Quarter of Paris was his permanent residence and he lived much of his life in isolation with his partner Simone Boué.
Cioran was born in Rășinari, Sibiu County, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. His father, Emilian Cioran, was an orthodox priest, while his mother, Elvira (née Comaniciu), was originally from Veneția de Jos, a commune near Făgăraș.
After focusing on Humanities at the Gheorghe Lazăr High School in Sibiu (Hermannstadt), Cioran, at age 17, entered the University of Bucharest where he studied Philosophy and where he immediately met Eugène Ionesco and Mircea Eliade who became his lifelong friends. Future Romanian philosopher Constantin Noica and future Romanian thinker Petre Țuțea, became his closest academic colleagues as all studied under Tudor Vianu and Nae Ionescu. Cioran, Eliade, and Țuțea became supporters of the ideas of Nae Ionescu, deemed Trăirism, which fused Existentialism with various forms of Fascism.
In sumerian haze you search for another day
Guess another vail left you this way
Thoughts on a line where I leave it all behind
Nothing can mend the hurt inside
Sweetened horizons
dance away the pain tonight
Just like you and I
Profoundly deranged you go through another day
I guess it was meant to be this way
Thoughts on a line won't recover your mind
You cut your veins, like I've cut mine
Sweetened horizons
dance away the pain tonight