Instituția cenzurii în România „obsedantului deceniu”, 1949-1958
The Censorship Institution in Romania during the “Obsessive Decade”, 1949-1958

Summary/Abstract: The censorship of the 1950s represented a broad and complex phenomenon. Altering the initial manuscripts proposed by authors was just one of the multiple tasks of the General Directorate for the Press and Printed Matter. Under the law, the censorship had control powers and not ideological guidance competence, the latter being set aside for the party. Another characteristic of the institution proper resided in the fact that it did not work directly with the authors. The editorial offices of the press and of publishing houses acted as interface between the author and the censorship. Moreover, according to the internal rules of the institution, its employees could disclose their tasks not even to family members. Consequently, most writers did not know who exactly “suggested” the changes they had to operate

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