Dictionary of the Romanian Writers

For the sake of readers who are not familiar with the "system" of publications under the communist regime of Ceausescu, a manuscript had to pass through many unexpected obstacles. Sometimes already published volumes were withdrawn in the last minute. The "file" presented here throws light on the fight against the absurdity of cultural policy, containing the "addresses" and "applications" of some intellectuals who were responsible for their literature and culture and who struggled in vain until the disappearance of communism to publish their Dictionary. The documents are a real "guide" to the functioning of this system in the field of culture.

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