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.
Published volumes
- Banalitatea răului ("The Platitude of Evil")
- O istorie a Securităţii în documente ("A History of the Securitate through Documents")
- Securiştii partidului ("The Party's Securitate Members")
- Serviciul de cadre al PCR ca poliţie politică ("The Personnel Office of the Romanian Communist Party as a Political Police"; coauthors: Nicolae Videnie, Ioana Cirstocea, Andreea Năstase, Stejărel Olaru)
- Ziua care nu se uită. 15 noiembrie 1987, Braşov ("A Day That Cannot Be Forgotten. 15 November, Braşov"; coauthor Stejărel Olaru)
- Solo de trambulină ("Trampoline Solo", poems)
- Moştenitorii Securităţii ("Heirs to the Securitate")
- Chipul morţii: dialog cu Vladimir Bukovski despre natura comunismului ("The Face of Death: a Dialogue with Vladimir Bukovsky about the Nature of Communism", 2006)
- Bastionul cruzimii: o istorie a Securităţii, 2008)
- Sase feluri de a muri ("Six ways of dying", 2009)
External links
Notes and References
- 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