Nicolae Manolescu

After attending high schools in his hometown and in Sibiu, he studied philology at the University of Bucharest from 1956 to 1962, with an interruption in 1958–1959, when he was expelled from the university,[3] due to critical opinions voiced against Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej and the Romanian Communist regime.

Prior to its merger, Manolescu was its leader during the 1996 Romanian general election;[6] as the party's presidential candidate, he finished ninth with 0.7% of the vote.

Until 2000, he was a member of the PNL National Council, when he resigned from this position and retreated from political life.

His distinction between "doric", "ionic", and "corinthic" novels originated in the traditional orders of the columns of Ancient Greek temples, and covers the distinction between realistic, psychological first person narratives and contemporary, postmodern novels.

As an editor of România Literară literary magazine, he reached a record in reviewing books for almost 30 years.