The Sibiu Literary Circle () was a literary group created during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...

to promote the modernist liberal ideas of Eugen Lovinescu. The group was formed around

Lucian Blaga Lucian Blaga (; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanians, Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He is considered one of the greatest philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philosopher of the twenti ...

and other intellectuals from

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, who had settled in Sibiu after the Romanian University of Cluj had moved there in 1940, in the wake of the Hungarian occupation of

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. The most active members of the group were Ion Negoițescu, Radu Stanca, Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu, , Ștefan Augustin Doinaș, , , Eta Boeriu, , and Ovidiu Cotruș. The group disbanded in 1945.

References

* Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu, ''Cercul literar de la Sibiu și influența catalitică a culturii germane'',

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: Editura Universalia, 2000. * , ''Cercul literar de la Sibiu. Introducere în fenomenul originar'', Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, 1997. Romanian writers' organizations Literary circles Romania in World War II Literary Circle 1940 establishments in Romania 1945 disestablishments in Romania Arts organizations established in 1940 Organizations disestablished in 1945 Arts organizations disestablished in the 20th century {{Romania-org-stub