Introduced in 2010, Romania’s National Culture Day is celebrated on January 15. This is the birth date of Romanian poet and novelist Mihai Eminescu, a canonical figure of Romanian literature and a representative of the local Romanticism. The Minister of Culture, Bogdan Gheorghiu, announced that local authorities across the country will organize events simultaneously at 6 pm on Wednesday. The date was chosen as a tribute to Romania’s national poet, Mihai Eminescu (January 15, 1850-15, June 1889).
On November 16, 2010, the Chamber of Deputies adopted a draft law by which Mihai Eminescu’s birthday became National Culture Day, a normative act that won 175 favourable votes, one against and two abstentions.
Mihai Eminescu was born on January 15, 1850, in Botosani. He was a poet, writer, playwright and journalist, considered by literary critics to be the most important poet in Romanian literature. His poetic work was influenced by ancient philosophy, from Heraclitus to Plato, but also by the theories signed by Arthur Schopenhauer, Immanuel Kant or Hegel.
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