Liviu Cangeopol
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Liviu Cangeopol is a Romania
n writer, journalist, and political dissident.
, 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 the only anti-communist book that was written and made public while still living under the Romanian Communist Regime, 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.
This book is considered one of the most vehement protests written against Romanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu
and his regime.
In April 1988, Paris daily Libération
published an interview with Cangeopol, Be Satisfied Mr. President – Your Name will Remain in History. Broadcasted on Radio Free Europe
, Cangeopol’s interview accused President Ceausescu of violating human rights and free speech (this was a very dangerous and an extremely rare act at the time.)
In September 1989, just three months before the Romanian Revolution
, 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 appeared 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)
Today, after the fall of the communist regime, Liviu Cangeopol’s name appears in Romanian History text books.
On December 18, 2006, Romanian President Traian Băsescu, while presenting a report condemning the acts of the former Communist regime, extended special appreciations to Liviu Cangeopol and to six other people for the integrity and courage in their fight for justice under the communist regime.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n writer, journalist, and political dissident.
Biography
Born in IaşiIasi
Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
, Liviu Cangeopol studied Languages and Literature in his home town and Accounting and Business Administration in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He made his writing debut in Dialog Magazine (1978). Liviu Cangeopol published the only anti-communist book that was written and made public while still living under the Romanian Communist Regime, 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.
This book is considered one of the most vehement protests written against Romanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu
Nicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
and his regime.
In April 1988, Paris daily Libération
Libération
Libération is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts during the 1980s and 1990s...
published an interview with Cangeopol, Be Satisfied Mr. President – Your Name will Remain in History. Broadcasted on Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a broadcaster funded by the U.S. Congress that provides news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East "where the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed"...
, Cangeopol’s interview accused President Ceausescu of violating human rights and free speech (this was a very dangerous and an extremely rare act at the time.)
In September 1989, just three months before the Romanian Revolution
Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of riots and clashes in December 1989. These were part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several Warsaw Pact countries...
, 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
New York (magazine)
New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker, it was brasher and less polite than that magazine, and established itself as a cradle of New...
, 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 appeared 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)
Today, after the fall of the communist regime, Liviu Cangeopol’s name appears in Romanian History text books.
On December 18, 2006, Romanian President Traian Băsescu, while presenting a report condemning the acts of the former Communist regime, extended special appreciations to Liviu Cangeopol and to six other people for the integrity and courage in their fight for justice under the communist regime.
Published work
- 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).
- The Smile - A Portrait of Seashore at Dusk, (Humanitas Publishing House, 2007)
Other references
- Intellectuals and Politics in Central Europe - Page 64 http://books.google.com/books?id=8ziKCAgH9aEC&pg=PA64&dq=cangeopol#PPA64,M1
- Revolution and Resistance in Eastern Europe: Challenges to Communist Rule - Page 99 http://books.google.com/books?id=XfERL859vJkC&pg=PA99&dq=cangeopol
- Narratives Unbound: Historical Studies in Post-communist Eastern Europe - Page 403 http://books.google.com/books?id=4jzbtNcLEkMC&pg=PA403&dq=cangeopol
- Dissent and Opposition in Communist Eastern Europe: Origins of Civil Society ... - Page 158 http://books.google.com/books?id=ZoYgF9oCvOcC&pg=PA158&dq=cangeopol&lr=#PPA159,M1
- Research on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe/1990 - Page 102 http://books.google.com/books?id=cE5KAAAAMAAJ&q=cangeopol&dq=cangeopol&lr=&pgis=1
- Condamnation of Romanian Communist Regime - declaration given by President Basescu DISCURSUL preşedintelui României, Traian Băsescu, prilejuit de Prezentarea Raportului Comisiei Prezidenţiale pentru Analiza Dictaturii Comuniste din România - (Bucureşti, 18 decembrie 2006)