Arise Gheorghe, Arise Ioan!
Arise Gheorghe, Arise Ioan! | |
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by Radu Gyr | |
Original title | Ridică-te Gheorghe, ridică-te Ioane! |
Country | Romania |
Language | Romanian |
Arise Gheorghe, Arise Ioan! (Romanian: Ridică-te Gheorghe, ridică-te Ioane!) is a poem by Radu Gyr. In 1958 Radu Gyr was imprisoned and sentenced to death (commuted to life sentences and pardoned a few years later) by the communist authorities of the Romanian People's Republic because of his subversive poem. The poem had asked for peasants to oppose in every way the regime's agricultural policies: it had been issued as the last wave of brutal collectivization was taking hold of the rural landscape. According to Orthodox priest Fabian Seiche, while in prison, Gyr was not treated for any illnesses he had, was often starved, and even tortured.[1]
It is still a very controversial issue in Romania.[2][3]
Nu pentru-o lopată de rumenă pâine, |
It is not for the sake of a bread on your table, |
References[]
- ^ Seiche, Fabian (2014). Martiri și mărturisitori români din secolul XX. Închisorile comuniste din România [Romanian Martyrs and Witnesses of the Twentieth Century. Communist Prisons in Romania] (in Romanian). Făgăraș: Editura Agaton. ISBN 9731981578. OCLC 1139536049.
- ^ Ciobanu, Laura (November 8, 2012). "Mihail Neamțu, acuzat de antisemitism. ARD se delimitează de declarațiile acestuia". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ "Mihail Neamțu respinge acuzațiile de antisemitism, după ce a recitat din Radu Gyr: Negaționismele la adresa Holocaustului sau ale Gulagului sunt respingătoare, extremiste și inacceptabile". www.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). November 8, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
External links[]
- Cartianu, Grigore (November 7, 2012). "Deșteaptă-te, Gheorghe, deșteaptă-te, Ioane!". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- Boicea, Dan (November 14, 2012). "Istoria unei poezii care a făcut istorie". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- Romanian songs
- Romanian poems
- 1958 poems
- Communism in Romania