Theodor Cazaban
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Theodor Cazaban (2 April 1921 – 4 March 2016) was a Romanian anti-communist writer.[1]
Born in Fălticeni, he graduated from the University of Bucharest with a degree in letters, and fled to France in 1947.[2] While in Paris, he was a staff member of the anti-communist newspaper 'La Nation Roumaine' and contributed to the broadcasts of Radio Free Europe. In 1963 he published the novel Parages, in which he describes Communist persecutions of Romanian intellectuals,[3] such as Mircea Eliade, Emil Cioran, Eugène Ionesco, and others.
Marilena Rotaru of the Romanian Television made a documentary movie in 2003 about Theodor Cazaban.[4]
Family
Theodor was the younger brother of the playwright, Jules Cazaban.[5]
Works
- Captiv în lumea liberă, Editura Echinox, Cluj, 2002. ISBN 973-8298-10-5
- Eseuri și cronici literare, Editura "Jurnalul literar", București, 2002. ISBN 973-9365-56-6, .
- Parages, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1963 (in French)
