14 Facts About Lucian Blaga

Lucian Blaga is considered one of the greatest philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philosopher of the twentieth century who due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his career is barely known to the outside world.

Lucian Blaga was born on 9 May 1895 in Lancram, near Alba Iulia.

Lucian Blaga was the ninth child of Isidor Blaga, an Orthodox priest, and Ana Moga.

Lucian Blaga's father studied at Bruckenthal Highschool in Sibiu and according to Lucian Blaga his way of being was inline with "German cultural tradition": opened to technological progress and free thinking, sometimes in contrast with his profession which he did "without the impetus of true conviction".

Lucian Blaga's mother, reassured by doctors that her child wasn't ill, tried to convince him to speak by saying that he wouldn't want other children to call him a mute:.

Lucian Blaga's education started in Hungarian in the neighbouring Sebes, where he remained until 1906, after which he attended the "Andrei Saguna" high school in Brasov between 1906 and 1914.

Lucian Blaga wrote in the regional press, being the editor of the magazines Cultura in Cluj and Banatul' in Lugoj as well as for Patria, Vointa, Adevarul literar si artistic, Universul cultural and others.

Since Lucian Blaga's position was created because the Academy was expanding, he chose to eulogies what he called "our unanimous, anonymous ancestor".

Lucian Blaga disliked working in the state apparatus and was relieved when the cabinet was dismantled less than two months later.

Lucian Blaga was then assigned a position as a plenipotentiary minister to Portugal, and later as a senator of the Carol II's party National Renaissance Front.

Lucian Blaga temporarily relocated to Sibiu with the other staff in 1940 due to the Second Vienna Award.

Lucian Blaga's long sought presence in top Romanian cultural institutions was to be short lived.

Lucian Blaga started working as a librarian at the Cluj branch of the History Institute of the Romanian Academy.

Lucian Blaga died on 6 May 1961 after being diagnosed with a spinal tumor, and was buried according to the custom three days later on what would have been his 66th birthday, in his native village cemetery of Lancram.