I’m ashamed to be sad: Mihail Sebastian’s journal as lived history
I’m ashamed to be sad: Mihail Sebastian’s journal as lived history

Author(s): Grec Emanuel -Marius
Subject(s): History, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, History of Judaism, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Mihail Sebastian; Romanian literature; Holocaust; identity; lived history;
Summary/Abstract: Written between 1935 and 1944, Mihail Sebastian’s Journal was published for the first time in 1996. In it, we find not only the thoughts of one of the greatest writers of Romanian literature but also the experiences, desires, sentiments, and memories of an identity-seeking man, a Jewish-Romanian writer of exceptional talent and clarity of mind. The Journal is not a simple diary but rather the testament of an era: the Holocaust persecution and crimes, a portal into policies of discrimination, as well as the distinctiveness of survival. In this book, we pay homage to Mihail Sebastian’s life, work, and thoughts, and we look at the Journal through an academic lens, trying to deconstruct his Journal as a form of lived history and an exceptional literary work.

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