Marius Oprea Explained

Marius Oprea (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈmari.us ˈopre̯a/; born 1964) is a Romanian historian (specialized in recent history), poet and essayist.

Born in Târgovişte, he studied history at the University of Bucharest and he has a PhD with a thesis on the role and evolution of the Communist-era secret police, the Securitate between 1948 and 1964 (Rolul şi evoluţia Securităţii, 1948-1964). Oprea currently works as a journalist and researcher at the Romanian Institute of Recent History (IRIR). He also serves as the president of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania[1]

He made his debut as a poet in the collective volume Pauza de respiraţie ("Pause for Breathing"), together with Simona Popescu, Caius Dobrescu, and Andrei Bodiu.

Marius Oprea lives with his family in Braşov.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile - Marius Oprea . 2009-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301195721/http://www.iiccr.ro/en/about_iiccr/organizational_structure/board/marius_oprea . 1 March 2012 . Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania website, Marius Oprea, Dec 2009