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Ovidiu Papadima
1909–1996
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- Romania
- Occupation
- literary critic
Ovidiu Papadima (June 23, 1909, Sinoe, ConstanÈa County â May 26, 1996, Bucharest) was a Romanian literary critic, folklorist, and essayist. He studied at the Alexandru Papiu Ilarian High School in Târgu MureÈ, graduating at the top of his class in 1928.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Gherla prisonDates unknown
- Jilava prisonDates unknown
Biography
Ovidiu Papadima (June 23, 1909, Sinoe, ConstanÈa County â May 26, 1996, Bucharest) was a Romanian literary critic, folklorist, and essayist. He studied at the Alexandru Papiu Ilarian High School in Târgu MureÈ, graduating at the top of his class in 1928. He then enrolled in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1931. He made his debut at age 23 in the literary magazine Gândirea, together with Tudor Vianu. He also wrote for Revista FundaÈiilor Regale. From 1937 to 1941, he held an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, sponsored by the Foreign Office of Nazi Germany. He was on the Faculty at the University of Bucharest between 1941 and 1949. After the establishment of the communist regime, Papadima was arrested in 1952 for "counterrevolutionary activities" and for his writings from the interbellic period (especially at Gândirea). He was imprisoned at Calea Rahovei, Ghencea, Craiova, Poarta AlbÄ (at the notorious DanubeâBlack Sea Canal), Gherla Prison, and Jilava Prison. Physically exhausted after this experience (his weight dropped to only 44 kg (97 lb)), he was released on October 7, 1955. Prevented from publishing for several years, he was politically rehabilitated in 1971. He had two sons, Ètefan (1953â2018, a mathematician) and Liviu (b. 1957, also a literary critic).
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