Virgil Ierunca
Encyclopedia
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n literary critic, journalist and poet. He was married to Monica Lovinescu
Monica Lovinescu
Monica Lovinescu was a Romanian essayist, short story writer, literary critic, translator, and journalist, noted for her activities as an opponent of the Romanian Communist regime. She published several works under the pseudonyms Monique Saint-Come and Claude Pascal. She is the daughter of...
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Both Ierunca and Lovinescu worked for several decades for Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a broadcaster funded by the U.S. Congress that provides news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East "where the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed"...
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In 2006 both were members of the Romanian Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania
Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania
The Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania , also known as the Tismăneanu Commission , is a commission instituted in Romania by President Traian Băsescu to investigate the Communist regime and provide a comprehensive report allowing for the condemnation of...
; the Commission's chairman, Vladimir Tismăneanu
Vladimir Tismaneanu
Vladimir Tismăneanu is a Romanian and American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park...
, called them "the most honest and dignified couple
in the history of Romanian culture".
Published books
- Fenomenul Piteşti (Ed. HumanitasHumanitas publishing houseHumanitas is an independent Romanian publishing house, founded on February 1, 1990 in Bucharest by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu...
, Bucharest, 1990) - Româneşte (Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 1991)
- Subiect şi predicat (Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 1993)
- Dimpotrivă (Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 1994)
- Semnul mirării (Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 1995)
- Trecut-au anii (Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 2000)
- Poeme de exil (Ed. Humanitas, Bucharest, 2001)
External links
- Vladimir Tismăneanu, "Ce-i datorăm lui Virgil Ierunca", Evenimentul ZileiEvenimentul ZileiEvenimentul Zilei is one of the leading newspapers in Romania. Based in Bucharest, the Romanian-language daily has a paid daily circulation of 110,000...
, October 4, 2006