Un deceniu de rivalitate literară: Eugen Barbu şi campaniile de presă iniţiate în revista „Săptămâna” (1970-1980)
One Decade of Literary Rivalry: Eugen Barbu and the Media Campaigns of the „Săptămâna“ Magazine, 1970s-1980s

Summary/Abstract: Eugen Barbu was a complex personality of Romanian literary life, his disposition for controversy and pamphlet bringing him into conflict with most of his fellow guild. The huge talent he displayed with the publication of the novel „The Pit“ was also put into work in the publishing space, Eugen Barbu proving himself as a promoter of a type of journalism that reminded of the leaders of the interwar press. Once he joined the editors of „The Week“, Eugen Barbu opened the way to a series of large scale media campaigns against his rivals in the literary world, drawing a number of dislikes in the Romanian literary sphere. The famous notes, pamphlets and polemics generously hosted by „The Week“ magazine have led to the magazine’s fame which was followed with great interest by readers. In addition to the conflict Eugen Barbu led against „Literary Romania“ magazine, the major scandal which occurred following the reporting of plagiarism in Volume III of Eugen Barbu’s „Incognito“ novel was a new challenge in the writer’s life, a true turning point. Making himself the evidence of the abovementioned plagiarism, Eugen Barbu, giving away his desire to emigrate to Spain, chose to remain and continue to fight against his rivals, turning the magazine he directed into a stand for scandals, pamphlets, disclosures of private life which, wereas enjoyed by the great mass of readers, was detested by his fellow intellectuals.

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