Alexandru Ivasiuc

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Alexandru Ivasiuc (July 12, 1933 – March 4, 1977) was a Romanian novelist. He died in the 1977 Vrancea earthquake.

Life

He was born in Sighet, the son of a science professor. After the Second Vienna Award of 30 August 1940, the family was forced to flee to Bucharest, only returning to Sighet in 1951. After graduation from high school he entered the Faculty of Philosophy in Bucharest, but he was expelled after two years of study for ideological reasons.

After the expulsion, Ivasiuc joined the Faculty of Medicine of the Medico-Pharmaceutical Institute in Bucharest. During his fourth year he participated in the student protest movements of 1956. He was among the organizers of a solidarity rally in University Square, scheduled for 15 November 1956. He was arrested on 4 November 1956, and by decision no. 481 of 1 April 1957 the Bucharest Military Tribunal sentenced him to five years' imprisonment. On his return from the labour camp he was placed under house arrest for a period of two years in Brăila County.

In 1963, Ivasiuc returned to Bucharest where he worked briefly at a pharmaceutical factory and married the journalist Tita Chiper. Despite his previous political activities, he was transferred to the US Embassy, where he worked until 1968. In the period 1968-1969 Ivasiuc received a scholarship to the US, and gave a series of lectures at Columbia and at Berkeley; he also travelled to Oxford, England. During the 1970s he worked as an editor and writer, negotiating with censors in order to get his work into print, and (according to Paul Goma) informing against colleagues. He befriended many Americans and is mentioned in W. D. Snodgrass's After-Images (1999).

Works

Vestibul ("Vestibule", 1967)
Corn de vânătoare ("Hunting Horn", 1972)
Interval (1973)
Apa ("Water", 1973)
Păsările ("Birds", 1973)
Cunoaşterea de noapte ("Knowledge of Night", 1973)
Iluminări ("Illumination", 1976)
Racul ("Cancer", 1976)

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Romanian Wikipedia.

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Name	Ivasiuc, Alexandru
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Short description	Romanian writer
Date of birth	July 12, 1933
Place of birth
Date of death	March 4, 1977
Place of death

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