Ion Vianu

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Ion Vianu (born 1934) is a Romanian writer and psychiatrist, who was exiled to Switzerland in 1977. He is the son of literary critic Tudor Vianu and his wife Elena.

Ion Vianu became recognised as a radio personality for Radio Free Europe discussing attempts to use psychiatry as a political weapon. After the 1989 Revolution, he became actively involved in the reform of the system of psychiatric treatment in Romania to bring it up to world standards. Vianu, together with his friend Matei Călinescu published an autobiographical volume, Amintiri in dialog ("Remembrances in Dialogue").

Ion Vianu's writings include memoires, novels and critical essays.

He published the novels Caietele lui Ozias (in 2004) and Vasiliu, foi volante (in 2006), both being part of the cycle Arhiva trădarii şi a mâniei (the Archive of Treason and Wrath), dealing with Romanian society during the communist regime. He also published another two novels, Paramnezii (2005) and, in 2007, "Necredinciosul" (the Unfaithful), inspired by his practice as a psychiatrist in the Western world. In 2009 he published Exercitii de sinceritate (Exercises in sincerity) about his public life under the communist regime during the seventies. In 2010 he published an autobiographical novel, Amor intellectualis, dealing with some major figures from his youth and the tragic destiny of the intelligentsia under the communist regime. He also published collected critical essays under the name Blestem şi binecuvântare (Curse & Blessing, 2007), and, in 2008, "Investigatii mateine", a biographical essay about the Romanian writer Matei Caragiale. Another volume of critical essays "Apropieri" (Approaches), was published in 2011.

The novel "Vasiliu, foi volante" was translated in Spanish by Ioana Zlotescu in 2010 under the title Vasiliu, hojas sueltas (Aletheia Publishing House).

"Amor intellectualis" was awarded with a few prizes, among them Book of the year 2010 by the "România Literara" magazine. În 2012 it apperead in Spanish, translated by Victor Ivanovici and Susanna Vásquez (Miguel Gomez ediciones, Malaga)

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Name	Vianu, Ion
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Short description	Romanian writer
Date of birth	1934, April 15
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
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