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Liviu Cangeopol (born March 28, 1954) is a Romanian writer, journalist, and political analyst.


Biography

Born in Iaşi, Liviu Cangeopol studied Languages and Literature in his home town and Accounting and Business Administration in the United States. He made his writing debut in Dialog Magazine (1978). Liviu Cangeopol published his anti-communist book while living under the Romanian Communist Regime (this was an extremely dangerous and rare act, at the time). What Else Could Be Said – Free Discussions in an Occupied Country, (1989—Agora-USA, 1990—Minerva Publishing House, 2000—Nemira Publishing House) with co-author Dan Petrescu.[1]

  • Cangeopol's book is a vehement judgment against Romanian Communist Regime and its former President, Nicolae Ceauşescu.[2]

It remains the best critical analysis of the Communist system written in Romania before the fall of the regime. "Narratives Unbound: Historical Studies in Post-communist Eastern Europe" [3]

  • In April 1988, Paris Daily Libération published an interview with Cangeopol, Be Satisfied Mr. President – Your Name will Remain in History. Broadcast on Radio Free Europe, Cangeopol's interview accused President Ceausescu of violating human rights and free speech.[4]
  • In September 1989, just three months before the Romanian Revolution, Liviu Cangeopol immigrated to the United States with his family. He began his journalistic career in New York at Romanian Free World. Cangeopol also published his work in other newspapers such as New York, Romanian Times, Cultural Observator, Contrapunct, Vatra, Flacăra Iaşului, etc.
  • Cangeopol has been an American citizen since 1996.
  • Liviu Cangeopol is one of the few Romanian human rights activists whose name appears in Pace of Democratic Reforms and Status of Human Rights in Eastern Europe, written by United States Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations. (U.S. G.P.O., 1990)[5]

Published Books

  • Commissioner Cordobina, (Integral, Publishing House, 2020)
  • Crazy Pandemic - Confessions in a state of emergency, (Integral, Publishing House, 2020)
  • The quantum pulse, (Integral, Publishing House, 2020)
  • Exercise of Forgetfulness, (Integral, Publishing House, 2019)
  • Trilogy of Passing, (Brumar Publishing House, 2019)
  • Imponderable - Jounal to the end of night, (Integral, Publishing House, 2018)
  • The Virtue of Appearances, (Institutul European - Publishing House, 2016)
  • The Calm Collected in the Storm, (Cartea Romaneasca - Publishing House, 2013)
  • The Smile - A Portrait of Seashore at Dusk, (Humanitas Publishing House, 2007)
  • What Else Could Be Said – Free Discussion in an Occupied Country, (co-author Dan Petrescu) (1989—Agora-USA, 1990—Minerva Publishing House, 2000—Nemira Publishing House).

References

  1. ^ Petrescu, D.; Cangeopol, L. (1990). Ce-ar mai fi de spus: convorbiri libere într-o ţarǎ ocupatǎ. Editura Minerva. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  2. ^ McDermott, K.; Stibbe, M. (2006). Revolution and Resistance in Eastern Europe: Challenges to Communist Rule. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 99. ISBN 9781845202590. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  3. ^ Antohi, S.; Trencsényi, B.; Apor, P. (2007). Narratives Unbound: Historical Studies in Post-communist Eastern Europe. CEU Press/Central European University Press. p. 363. ISBN 9789637326851. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  4. ^ http://www.osa.ceu.hu/files/holdings/300/8/3/text/129-1-150.shtml[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations (1990). Pace of Democratic Reforms and Status of Human Rights in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, October 4 and 11, 1989, November 2, 1989, and June 13, 1990. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  6. ^ "History | Romania Exhibit | Global Museum on Communism". romania.globalmuseumoncommunism.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  7. ^ http://www.presidency.ro/?_RID=det&tb=date&id=8288&_PRID=ag DISCURSUL preşedintelui României, Traian Băsescu, prilejuit de Prezentarea Raportului Comisiei Prezidenţiale pentru Analiza Dictaturii Comuniste din România - (Bucureşti, 18 decembrie 2006)

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