Herta MUELLER
2009 Nobel Prize for Literature
(Romanian-born German from the Banat of Timisoara, living in Berlin)
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Herta Müller has a sharp sense of realities, as demonstrated in her article published in Tagesspeil of 17 July 2008, which is echoed by the Frankfurter Rundschau:
“It is a scandal that Romania put forward as its representatives (in Germany, a.n.) two [...]
Entries Tagged as '“post-communism”'
Nobel prize Winner – Exorting Romania to be honest about its Communist Past
October 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Diaspora, PEOPLE
Tags:"anti-communist"·"conspiracy of silence"·"Herta Müller"·"Nobel Prize Literature"·"Nobel prize"·"post-communism"·2009·exile·Germany·journalsit·Literature·poet·Romania·Securitate·Timisoara·writer
Of Exorcism, Orthodox nuns and Ceausescu’s Children – Letter to an Italian Friend
June 20th, 2005 · Comments Off · Diary, International Media, PEOPLE
Carissima Principessa,
You were kind enough to send me a link and I thank you for it:
http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2005/06_Giugno/19/suora.shtml
Romania, giovane suora muore crocifissa
Era stata legata per tre giorni a una croce di legno da quattro suore e da un abate per un rito di esorcismo
[img align=right]http://www.romanianstudies.org/images/articles/exorcism/mad_priest.jpg[/img]BUCAREST – Una giovane suora di 23 anni, tenuta per tre giorni legata [...]
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Theft of a Nation, Romania since Communism. (Furtul unei Natiunai)
November 11th, 2004 · Comments Off · Books
http:www.hurstpub.co.uk/
THEFT OF A NATION, ROMANIA SINCE COMMUNISM
TOM GALLAGHER
Paperback 320 pages (November 1, 2003) £16-50
Publisher: C. Hurst & Co
ISBN: 1850657165
Hardback: xxii, 424pp. (Jan. 2005),£45.00
Romanian Publication (in Translation )
Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest November 2004
‘This is a unique work on an important, but neglected, subject. It deals with the transition from totalitarian to democratic rule in [...]
Vampirism of New and Old Ottomans
November 4th, 2004 · Comments Off · PEOPLE
Vampirism of the the New and Old Ottomans
(Romanian Presidential elections)
Editorial
One unexpected surprise (and irritation) which the Romanian victors experienced since the Paris Peace Treaty, was the unwelcome association with vampires and vampirism, which came about as part and parcel of the union with Transylvania, after WWI.
Ever since the demise of Nicolae Ceausescu, the latest Romanian [...]
