I have learned many things from your work, and I intend to use them in my next Cioran book. I too am an admirer of your work and the wonderful job you do with Portal Cioran Brasil.

ŞTEFAN BOLEA – Dear Rodrigo Menezes, thank you for having me. How do you regard Cioran, and how is he usually regarded in Romania, in comparison with such authors? Is he considered just as great as Blaga and Noica (even if Cioran refused to elaborate a systematic body of work)? Is Cioran equally sought for when Romanian Philosophy students have to choose authors and themes for their post-graduation theses? By the way, it is often discussed in Academia, in philosophical departments worldwide, whether Cioran is (and should be deemed) a philosopher, or if he’s nothing but a “thinker”, and a writer… Is that even a topic of debate among Romanian readers of Cioran? It is inevitable to place Cioran amidst a modern Romanian constellation of intellectuals that includes great philosophers such as Lucian Blaga and Constantin Noica. It’s quite a privilege to do an interview with you, and I would like to begin by thanking you for the generosity of sharing with us some of your knowledge concerning Cioran, in connection with other authors, works, and themes. He maintains active profiles on ResearchGate and as well as the website RODRIGO MENEZES – Dear Ştefan Bolea, it’s been a few years since I first got hold of your academic production, while searching on-line about Cioran, and I since then became a reader of yours. His activity encompasses a remarkable number of articles in both Romanian and English published with journals such as Philosophy Now, Revue Roumaine de Philosophy, Philobiblon, Studia Philosophia, Caietele Echinox and others.

Filosofii paralele by Marta Petreu