"Cântec pentru tovarăşul Gh. Gheorghiu-Dej". Mihai Beniuc şi realismul socialist
"Song for Comrade Gh. Gheorghiu-Dej". Mihai Beniuc and the socialist realism

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the relationship between political power and literature in post-war communist Romania and examines the poems composed by writers for their “beloved leader”. In particular, the text emphasizes the position of the new cultural elite of the so-called “dejist” period analyzing the biography and work of Mihai Beniuc, one of the most representative poets of the “Proletkult”. Accordingly, the study depicts the main features of the poem entitled “Cântec pentru tovarăşul Gh. Gheorghiu-Dej” [Song for Comrade Gh. Gheorghiu-Dej], concluding that its publication had a great contribution to manufacturing a genuine personality cult around Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the first leader of the Romanian Workers’ Party.

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