Mihail Sebastian

Romanian writer (1907–1945)

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Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: October 18, 1907
Date of death: May 29, 1945
Place of birth: Brăila
Place of death: Bucharest
Country of citizenship: Romania^[11]
Ethnic group: Jewish people^[12]
Occupation: playwright, journalist, university teacher, lawyer, writer
Employer: University of Bucharest^[13]
Religion or worldview: Judaism^[15]
Award received: Geschwister-Scholl-Preis^[14]
Cause of death: traffic collision^[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Romanian^[23]
Birth name: Iosif Mendel Hechter^[24]
Family name: Sebastian^[18]
Given name: Mikhail^[19]
Manner of death: accidental death^[22]
Name in native language: Mihail Sebastian^[25]
Place of burial: Filantropia Israelite Cemetery in Bucharest^[10]
Pseudonym: Victor Mincu, Mihail Sebastian^[20]^[21]
Significant person: Mircea Eliade, Marietta Sadova, Leny Caler^[26]^[27]^[28]

🏷️ Also known as

en Foamea si Necazu en Mihail Sebastian en Victor Mincu ar ميخائيل سيباستيان cs Iosif Hechter es Iosif Hechter fa میهائیل سباستیان he יוסיף הכטר he מיכאיל סבסטיאן he סבאסטיאן, מיכאל ro Foamea și Necazu ro Victor Mincu ru Гехтер, Иосиф ru Виктор Минчу ru Иосиф Гехтер ru Минчу, Виктор ru Михаил Себастиан ru Михаил Себастьян ru Михай Себастиан ru Михай Себастьян

🔖 Identifiers · 85

ISNI: 0000000108880127
VIAF cluster ID: 36959504
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n82071504
GND ID: 119301377
Artist-info artist ID: 317041
BHCL UUID: dcae8ada-3a55-431a-ad31-a2f8a403273a
BIBSYS ID: 90787526
Babelio author ID: 33895
Bibliopoche author ID: 70512
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 121745263
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: sebastian-mihail
CBDB.cz author ID: 24146

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CONOR.BG ID: 10551909
CONOR.SI ID: 10702947
CONOR.SR ID: 16815207
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11944441
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266817086080
Cyprus University of Technology ID: 92014
DBC author ID: 87097919125025
DDB person (GND) ID: 119301377
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 87734
De Agostini ID: Sebastian,+Mihail
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119301377
Discogs artist ID: 2722202
Europeana entity: agent/base/71578
FAST ID: 92859
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_119301377
Freebase ID: /m/05gtvy
Geni profile ID: 6000000143946040837
Goodreads author ID: 852840
Google Doodle: mihail-sebastians-113th-birthday
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 3542532
HAND ID: 37A0-30AB-2EEE-0211-45EC
Hoopla artist ID: 2406697044
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 55113
IDU person ID: 42869
IMDb ID: nm0780962
IdRef ID: 030300592
IxTheo authority ID: 080107826
J9U entity ID: 987007267816105171
JRC Names ID: 964056
Jewish Virtual Library ID: sebastian-mihail
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID: 119301377
KBR person ID: 14453918
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 119301377
Kinobox person ID: 905753
Les Archives du spectacle person ID: 77806
Liber Liber author ID: s/mihail-sebastian
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA08971149
NE.se ID: mihail-sebastian
NL CR AUT ID: jn19990009790
NLB authority ID (Belarus): NLB-ar3130113
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000714920
NSK ID: 981005748612209366
NUKAT ID: n2007078542
National Library of Brazil ID: 001500515
National Library of Chile ID: 000169905
National Library of Greece ID: 96841
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls002702819
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000119674
National Library of Latvia ID: 000347992
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:CJ/4;=vN
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810681104405606
National Library of Portugal ID: 24363
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1435930
National Virtual Library of India ID: 393961
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070090319
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3973445
Open Library ID: OL422532A, OL5434466A
Penguin Random House author ID: 2149051
Perlentaucher ID: mihail-sebastian
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID: 728002
SBN author ID: UPGV003993
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 634793
SVKKL authority ID: 0206395-Sebastian-Mihail-19071945
TMDB person ID: 1288640
Topic's main category: Category:Mihail Sebastian
Treccani ID: mihail-sebastian
Unifrance person ID: 406514
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1228641
Unz Review author ID: SebastianMihail
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwHdq7whYJQ3PMv8kDwmd
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ID: Sebastian_Mihail
Yale LUX ID: person/b9c0bd15-0061-4640-8101-e1da8a9e8e5e
ČSFD person ID: 109330

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Occupation 4

lawyer, journalist, playwright, university teacher

Award received 1

Geschwister-Scholl-Preis

Cause of death 1

traffic collision

Country of citizenship 1

Romania

Employer 1

University of Bucharest

Given name 1

Mikhail

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Romanian

Manner of death 1

accidental death

Place of burial 1

Filantropia Israelite Cemetery in Bucharest

Place of death 1

Bucharest

Religion or worldview 1

Judaism

Sex or gender 1

male

Significant person 1

Mircea Eliade

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Summary

Mihail Sebastian was born on October 18, 1907^[1], in Brăila^[2]. He died on May 29, 1945^[3], in Bucharest^[4]. He worked as a playwright^[5], journalist^[6], university teacher^[7], lawyer^[8], and writer^[9].

FAQs

Where was Mihail Sebastian born?

Mihail Sebastian was born in Brăila^[2].

Where did Mihail Sebastian die?

Mihail Sebastian passed away in Bucharest^[4].

What did Mihail Sebastian do for work?

Mihail Sebastian worked as a playwright^[5], journalist^[6], university teacher^[7], lawyer^[8], and writer^[9].

What awards did Mihail Sebastian receive?

Honors received include Geschwister-Scholl-Preis^[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — place of birth (P19): Brăila. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — place of death (P20): Bucharest. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-25. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — country of citizenship (P27): Romania. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — occupation (P106): playwright. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — occupation (P106): journalist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — occupation (P106): lawyer. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — employer (P108): University of Bucharest. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — place of burial (P119): Filantropia Israelite Cemetery in Bucharest. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — religion or worldview (P140): Judaism. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — award received (P166): Geschwister-Scholl-Preis. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — ethnic group (P172): Jewish people. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — cause of death (P509): traffic collision. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — date of birth (P569): October 18, 1907. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — date of death (P570): May 29, 1945. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — family name (P734): Sebastian. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — given name (P735): Mikhail. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — pseudonym (P742): Victor Mincu. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — pseudonym (P742): Mihail Sebastian. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — manner of death (P1196): accidental death. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Romanian. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — birth name (P1477): Iosif Mendel Hechter. theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — name in native language (P1559): Mihail Sebastian. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — significant person (P3342): Mircea Eliade. historia.ro. historia.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — significant person (P3342): Marietta Sadova. historia.ro. historia.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Mihail Sebastian — significant person (P3342): Leny Caler. adevarul.ro. adevarul.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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