Paul Goma (1935-2020)
Paul Goma (1935-2020)
Author(s): Ana-Maria CătănuşSubject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), History of Communism
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Paul Goma; writer; dissident; human rights; Nicolae Ceaușescu;
Summary/Abstract: A writer, Paul Goma was the most famous Romanian dissident. Born in 1935 in Romanian Bessarabia, Goma had to face a life of exiles. First, he and his family were forced to take refuge to Romania after the Soviet ultimatum in June 1940. However, in Romania, they had to face the Securitate's harassments after August 23, 1944. As a student at the Faculty of Philology, Goma was arrested and convicted in November 1956 for manifesting solidarity with the Hungarian revolution. After two years in prison and three more in forced domicile, Goma resumed his studies in 1965. However, his endeavour of publishing novels on the Stalinist abuses could not be accomplished in Romania, as the censorship had denied the publishing of his works. In the spring of 1977, Goma founded the human right movement in Romania. After spending two months in arrest, Goma was released and joined the Romanian exile in Paris in November 1977. Until his death in 2020, he remained a political refugee in France and never returned to Romania.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXVIII/2020
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 235-241
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Romanian
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