Marius Oprea
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Marius Oprea
Marius Oprea (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmari.us ˈopre̯a]; born 1964) is a Romanian historian (specialized in recent history), poet and essayist.
Born in Târgovişte, he studied history at the University of Bucharest and he has a PhD 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 (IRIR). He also serves as the president of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania[1]
He made his debut as a poet in the collective volume Pauza de respiraţie ("Pause for Breathing"), together with , , and Andrei Bodiu.
Marius Oprea lives with his family in Braşov.
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, )
- 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", 2006)
- Bastionul cruzimii: o istorie a Securităţii, 2008)
- Sase feluri de a muri ("Six ways of dying", 2009)
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania website, Marius Oprea, Dec 2009
External links[]
Categories:
- 21st-century Romanian historians
- Romanian essayists
- Romanian poets
- Romanian male poets
- Romanian journalists
- Cold War historians
- University of Bucharest alumni
- People from Târgoviște
- Living people
- 1964 births
- Male essayists