Marius Oprea
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Marius Oprea (born 1964, Târgovişte) is a Romanian historian (specializing in recent history), poet and essayist.
He studied history at the University of Bucharest, and earned a Ph.D. 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).
His debut as a poet was the participation in the volume Pauza de respiraţie ("Pause for Breathing"), together with Simona Popescu, Caius Dobrescu, and Andrei Bodiu.
Marius Oprea lives with his family in Braşov.
[edit] 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")
