BESSARABIA IN MIHAI EMINESCU’S JOURNALISTIC WORKS
BESSARABIA IN MIHAI EMINESCU’S JOURNALISTIC WORKS

Summary/Abstract: As the predecessor of political journalism in Romania, Eminescu has, for over seven years, an intensely notorious activity as a journalist, signing an impressive number of articles in publications such as „Familia” (The Family), „Federaţiunea” (The Federation), „Curierul de Iaşi” (The Iasi Courier), „Timpul” (The Time), „România liberă” (Free Romania) and „Fântâna Blanduziei” (Blanduzia’s Fountain). The issue of Bessarabia is among the themes Eminescu approached constantly, in close connection with the subject of national unity. Deeply concerned with the destiny of Romanians in the provinces of Bessarabia and Bukovina, Eminescu analyses their situation exhaustively, assuming some very sensitive issues of the 19th century. In June-July 1878, following the Congress of Berlin, Romania is forced, as a price for its independence, to turn over to the Russian empire three counties of Southern Bessarabia: Cahul, Bolgrad and Ismail. These events determine Eminescu’s involvement in an extremely active press campaign aimed at defending the ancestral territory between Prut and Dniester. The journalist responds to the attacks against our country by the Tsarist and pan-slavic press, criticizing the annexationist politics of the neighbouring empire in the study entitled Bessarabia, published in „Timpul” (The Time), in March 1878, and reproduced in „România liberă” (Free Romania) and „Telegraful român” (The Romanian Telegraph) of Sibiu.

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