Paul Cernat

{{Short description|Romanian essayist and literary critic|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Paul Cernat (born August 5, 1972 in Bucharest) is a Romanian essayist and literary critic.{{Cite web |url=http://www.unibuc.ro/n/organizare/dirresumane/post-vaca/desf-conc-orga-in-facu/docs/2013/feb/13_02_25_31CV_Cernat_Paul.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022003319/http://www.unibuc.ro/n/organizare/dirresumane/post-vaca/desf-conc-orga-in-facu/docs/2013/feb/13_02_25_31CV_Cernat_Paul.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-22 |url-status=dead }} He has a Ph.D. summa cum laude in philology. Cernat has been a member of the Writers' Union of Romania since 2009. As of 2013, he is lecturer of Romanian literature in the Department of History of the University of Bucharest.{{cite web |url=http://www.cartearomaneasca.ro/catalog/autori/cernat-paul/ |title=cartea romaneasca / catalog / autori |website=www.cartearomaneasca.ro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918070449/http://www.cartearomaneasca.ro/catalog/autori/cernat-paul/ |archive-date=2008-09-18}}