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| A leading Romanian anti-communist dissident (active, among others, in the creation of the ] ]), Paul Goma was imprisoned in ] and forcibly exiled in 1978. His numerous works (fiction and non-fiction) were translated worldwide, but his books were published in Romania only after the ]. He now lives in ] as a political refugee, his Romanian citizenship having been revoked after 1978 by the communist government. He turned down an offer of citizenship from the French Republic, extended simultaneously to him and to the Czech writer ]. In September 2006, a petition in favor of restoring his Romanian citizenship did not result in any progress on the issue. | A leading Romanian anti-communist dissident (active, among others, in the creation of the ] ]), Paul Goma was imprisoned in ] and forcibly exiled in 1978. His numerous works (fiction and non-fiction) were translated worldwide, but his books were published in Romania only after the ]. He now lives in ] as a political refugee, his Romanian citizenship having been revoked after 1978 by the communist government. He turned down an offer of citizenship from the French Republic, extended simultaneously to him and to the Czech writer ]. In September 2006, a petition in favor of restoring his Romanian citizenship did not result in any progress on the issue. | ||
| Some of Goma's post-2005 articles and essays have been criticised due to their allegedly ] nature. Goma refutes these allegations, pointing out that his wife is Jewish. |
Some of Goma's post-2005 articles and essays have been criticised due to their allegedly ] nature. Goma refutes these allegations, pointing out that his wife is Jewish. | ||
| As of ], ] he withdrew as a potential member of the ], a body charged with researching the crimes and horrors of Communism in Romania. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Paul Goma (b. October 2 1935, in Mana village, Orhei County – nowadays in the Republic of Moldova) is a Romanian writer.
A leading Romanian anti-communist dissident (active, among others, in the creation of the Free Workers Sindicate trade union), Paul Goma was imprisoned in Communist Romania and forcibly exiled in 1978. His numerous works (fiction and non-fiction) were translated worldwide, but his books were published in Romania only after the 1989 Revolution. He now lives in Paris as a political refugee, his Romanian citizenship having been revoked after 1978 by the communist government. He turned down an offer of citizenship from the French Republic, extended simultaneously to him and to the Czech writer Milan Kundera. In September 2006, a petition in favor of restoring his Romanian citizenship did not result in any progress on the issue.
Some of Goma's post-2005 articles and essays have been criticised due to their allegedly antisemitic nature. Goma refutes these allegations, pointing out that his wife is Jewish.
As of May 6, 2006 he withdrew as a potential member of the Tismăneanu Commission, a body charged with researching the crimes and horrors of Communism in Romania.
References
- Paul Goma, Gherla, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1976 (in French, with a postface by Virgil Ierunca)
- Paul Goma, Le Tremblement des Hommes: peut-on vivre en Roumanie aujourd'hui?, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1979. ISBN 202005101X
- Paul Goma, Les chiens de mort, ou, La passion selon Piteşti, Hachette, Paris, 1981. ISBN 2010083091
- Paul Goma, Gherla, Humanitas, Bucharest, 1990. ISBN 9732801697
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