DEZILUZIILE UNUI APĂRĂTOR AL IDEALULUI COMUNIST
The disillusionment of a defender of the communist ideal

Summary/Abstract: The name of the writer Panait Istrati is often remembered when we talk about exile literature. Even though the writer was incredibly successful in France, in the Romanian cultural environment, he has often been regarded with distrust, especially because of his fluctuating attitude towards the political events which he witnessed during that time. A turning point in his unusual existence was his visit to Russia, ten years after the Bolshevik Revolution, in 1927, and this voyage was like a Damascus road for the writer, which makes him abandon the idea that good and communism could ever be compatible. Thus, Panait Istrati turns from a passionate defender of the communists into a defender of those humiliated, having the courage to divulge the truth about the atrocities of the oppressive regime through the publishing of his book Confession pour vaincus. Après 16 mois dans l'URSS. The courage to tell the truth would cost him dearly. He becomes the persona non grata even for those who had promoted him in France, but for the readers he would be a brave writer telling the world about the cruelties of a regime which strongly affected human dignity

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