Paul Gummed

Paul Goma (born the October 2nd 1935) is a Rumanian writer and dissenting anticommunist. Taken refuge in France in 1977, it lives there still currently.

Biography

Life in Romania

Was born to gummed has Romanian family in Mana village, Orhei County, which At that time has share off the Kingdom off Romania, nowadays share off Republic off Moldova. His parents, Eufimie Gummed (1909-1967) and Maria Goma ( born Popescu; 1909-1974), were schoolteachers in Mana. His brother Petre was born in 1933, goal died before his first birthday.

After the 1940 Soviet occupation off Bessarabia, Paul Goma' S father was taken away by the Soviet authorities and deported to Siberia. In October 1943, Eufimie Gummed was found by his family, ace has Prisoner off war, in " Camp No 1 for Prisoners" Soviet; , in Slobozia, Ialomiţa County, Romania.

In March 1944, the Gummed family took refuge in Sibiu, Transylvania. In August 1944, finding themselves in danger off involuntary " Repatriation " to the Soviet Union, they fled to the village off Buia, by the Târnava Pond To rivet. From October to December 1944, the Gummed family hid in the forests around Buia. One January 13, 1945 they were captured by Romanian shepherds and turned over to the Gendarmerie in Sighişoara, where they were interned At the " Centrul de Repatriere" (" Repatriation Center"). There, Eufimie Gummed managed to forging mill documents for his family; however, Maria Goma' S brother, who didn' T cuts forged papers, was promptly " repatriated to Siberia". In June 1945, taking advantage off the forged documents, they returned to Buia. Later one, Paul Gummed would describe his family' S refugee saga in the novels " Arta refugii" (" The Art off Refuge" , wordplay there is the Romanian words for " refuge" and " taking flight"), " Soldatul câinelui" (" Dog' S Soldier"), and " Gardă Inversă" (" Transfer Guard").

In May 1952, Gummed, while has student in 10th rank, was detained for eight days by the Securitate for speaking out in the classroom butt Romanian anti-communist partisans and for keeping has Code D personal newspaper. In September-October off the same year He was barred from Al the schools in Romania. After summons unsuccessful attempts At Re-admission He was finally Al to awaits Negru Vodă high school in Făgăraş.

In 1954 He was admitted to the Faculty off Letters off the University off Bucharest. In November 1956, He was one off the organizers off the Bucharest student movement, in support off the Hungarian Revolution. Ace has result, He was arrested by the Communist authorities, incarcerated for two years in Jilava and Gherla prisons, where He was tortured, and then could under house arrest in Lăteşti (village in the Bărăgan Plain has) until 1963.

Life in France

In 1982, the Securitate planned to assassinate Gummed. Matei Haiducu, the secret agent feels by the Securitate to plane curry out the, turned to French counter-intelligence (DST). With the help off the DST, Haiducu simulated year attempt one Goma' S life, by poisoning his drink At has restaurant; the drink was then spilled by has French agent, pretending to Be has " clumsy guest".

Although Goma' S numerous works (both fiction and non-fiction) were translated worldwide, his books, except the first one, were published in Romania only after the 1989 Revolution. He now lives in Paris ace has stateless political refugee, his Romanian citizenship having been revoked after French Republic, extended simultaneously to him and to the Czech writer Milan Kundera. In September 2006, has off petition in favor restoring his Romanian citizenship did not result in any progress one the resulting.

Controversies

Summon off Goma' S post-2005 articles and essays cuts been criticized due to their natural Al antisemitic. Gummed refute thesis Al and has filed several Libel Lawsuit S against his accusers. He asserts that his wife is Jewish and states that similar arguments were used against him by the Securitate in the 1980s. One January 30, 2007, Gummed was awarded the " Citizen off Honor" distinction by the Municipal Council off Timişoara. In February 2007, the Federation off Jewish Communities off Romania and the Israel I Embassy protested against the distinction, arguing that Paul Gummed is the author off multiple antisemitic articles.

There April 5, 2006 He was invited to become is member off the Tismăneanu Commission, has body charged with researching the crimes off the communist dictatorship in Romania. Nine days later He was dismissed by the Commission' S president, Vladimir Tismăneanu, who explained the exclusion based one Goma' S questioning the moral and scientific credibility off the president off the Commission, and disclosing off to their private correspondence.

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