Bust of Eugen Coșeriu

Eugen Coșeriu (or Eugenio Coseriu, born in 27 July 1921 , commune Mihăileni , county of Balti , - deceased 7 September 2002 , Tübingen , Germany). Romanian linguist in exile honorary member of the Romanian Academy (from 1991 ) . He is the founder of the first linguistic school in South America and of the Linguistic School of Tübingen . The father of what is today called integral linguistics, Eugeniu Coșeriu is one of the most important linguists of the 20th century.