Keywords: in memoriam
in memoriam Anca Bratu-Minott
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Keywords: Monica Lovinescu; Securitate; anti-communist resistance; exile
Starting with 1962, Monica Lovinescu became, for hundreds of thousands of Romanians, the voice of unbound freedom as editor with Radio Free Europe. Her well-known broadcasts, Theses and Antitheses in Paris and The Romanian Cultural Bulletin, revealed the true face of communist Romania while openly discussing the fate of literature, art, music or politics under dictatorship. Monica Lovinescu’s well-grounded opinions and her determination never to compromise made her a living example of moral integrity, which exiled and non-exiled Romanians constantly referred to. Th e impact of Monica Lovinescu’s live transmissions forced the Romanian Securitate to initiate and develop deftly devised plans to marginalize, belittle or even “neutralise” the rebellious “element”. Lovinescu’s refusal to collaborate with the communist authorities was followed by hostile press campaigns, close surveillance by the Securitate officers and informants and, last but not least, an act of violent physical aggression against her in November 1977. Monica Lovinescu’s opposition to the communist regime continued, irrespective of the Securitate’s opening or closing her fi le. Th e Romanian Revolution of 1989 marked the beginning of a new stage in Lovinescu’s career. She spoke as openly about the need for lustration and in favour of democratic values. Her unparalleled contribution to the cause of freedom needs to be properly assessed.
More...Keywords: alternative theatre; drama therapy; puppet theatre
Anca Doina Ciobotaru, by the book released under her signature, Teatrul dincolo de scenă (The Theatre Beyond The Stage) at Editura Artes (Artes Publishing House) (Iași, 2013), not only testifies to us the possibility of this art to reborn in totally different spaces, but also reveals a world known by just a few of us.
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“Cultura română este în doliu. Duminică, 20 aprilie 2008, la Paris, după o lungă suferinţă, a încetat din viaţă Monica Lovinescu. Ne-am obişnuit să omagiem exemplara-i devoţiune pentru cultura română, dovedită în cei mai negri ani ai comunismului şi în confuza epocă postdecembristă, când a fost atâta nevoie de prezenţa, tonică şi lucidă, a Monicăi Lovinescu – un scriitor uriaş şi o voce a conştiinţei morale, care a salvat criteriile de demnitate în cultura română sub dictatură. A vorbi la timpul trecut despre domnia sa aduce ceva defi nitiv şi sfâşietor în raporturile noastre cu acest personaj de legendă al literaturii române. S-au spus şi s-au scris multe în aceste zile despre Monica Lovinescu. ”[…]
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Keywords: boyar; descendant; Danciu Zamora
At the end of the 16th century the boyars from Pârâieni could say with Pride, like Udrea Băleanu, that they are sons of boyars from Wallachia and have heritage and wealth in this country 1• They were the grandchildren of Jupan Stanciu Mare back and back of Stancai, the daughter of Hamza of Obislav, a great ban of Craiova, and their ascendancy ascended until the beginning of the fifteenth century. Stanciu's big back was the descendantTo Danciu Zamona, son or grandson of Jupan Petre Zamona, who appeared at 142 Among the members of the Royal Council. He resorted to Ticuci, Bran, Radu, and JupanPatru, because among its properties, inherited, were also the villages of Pârâiani, Baia,Spineni, Polovragi, Mogosani, Băieşti, Gilort, and Negoeşti hills, reinforced by1 480 of the four mentioned brothers, commonly known as boyars.
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Keywords: Marietta Anca; artistic career; parts in performances; Romanian theatre; directors; theatrical columnists.
Marietta Anca was not the only artist to catch the eye of a number of personalities who wrote about theater. Alice Voinescu, Camil Petrescu, Mihail Sebastian, N. Carandino, Lucia Demetrius, Ioan Massoff, Petre Comarnescu have left testimonies about the artists who were at the heart of Bucharest’s theatrical life. Their opinions, read with maximum possible objectivity, make up the portrait of an artist with a vigorous personality, over whom a veil had settled, seemingly inexplicably, since the last years of her career. She was in demand and she excelled in historical evocation tragedy and in the modern psychological analysis drama.
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To discuss William Faulkner in any capacity that could be considered relevant is not an easy task. As one of the most evocative authors of the American South, his novels and short stories have come to be regarded as the quintessential example of what one might call Southern literature. Moreover, his work has been spared no criticism or analysis from literary theorists and fellow authors worldwide, most of whom have made great efforts to untangle the web of themes and motifs Faulkner had become known for exploring.
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Anca Peiu: Faulkneriana. Back to (and beyond) Yoknapatawpha Bucharest: C.H. Beck, 2019
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Keywords: review; African literatures; Cold War; Monica Popescu;
Review of: Monica Popescu, At Penpoint: African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, and the Cold War, Duke University Press, 2020, ISBN 9781478012153, 272 p.
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Keywords: Adolf Schullerus; Monica Vlaicu; history; review;
Review of: Monica Vlaicu (Hg.), Adolf Schullerus (1864-1928). Korrespondenzen und Vorträge des siebenbürgischen Pfarrers, Gelehrten und Politikers, Aus dem Nachlass herausgegeben von Monica Vlaicu, mit einem Vorwort von Ulrich A. Wien, [Schriften zur Landeskunde Siebenbürgens Band 37], Böhlau Verlag, Wien-Köln-Weimar, 2018, 368 p.
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Keywords: review; Romanian Orthodox Church; taxation; Nicolae Stanciu;
Review of: Nicolae Stanciu, Impozitarea Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, Ed. C.H. Beck, București, 2022, 354 p.
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Keywords: public funding; local development; PNDL;
This book contains a thorough analysis of the way state-budged funds were distributed by the Romanian government during 2017-2020 through The National Program for Local Development (PNDL), the largest state-funded development program, not devoid of controversies. At the intersection of sociology, public administration and public finance, the analysis offers a valuable tool for understanding how the complex funding environment operates at different levels of public administration in Romania.
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