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Monica Lovinescu (
November 19 1923 –
April 20,
2008), was a
Romanian essayist, short story writer,
literary critic, translator, and journalist, noted for her activities as an opponent of the
Romanian Communist regime. She published several works under the pseudonyms
Monique Saint-Come and
Claude Pascal. She is the daughter of literary figure
Eugen Lovinescu. She was married to the literary critic
Virgil Ierunca.
Lovinescu was born in
Bucharest. A graduate of the
University of Bucharest's Faculty of Letters, she made her literary debut in
Vremea magazine, regularly publishing prose works in
Revista Fundaţiilor Regale and theater chronicles in
Democraţia. The rapid steps undertaken towards the establishing of an overtly communist rule in Romania forced her to take refuge in
France: awarded a
scholarship in September, she demanded
political asylum after Romania became a
People's Republic (in early
1948).
She published extensively on the subject of communism in her country, as well as works on Romanian literature. Her articles were frequently featured in prestigious magazines such as
Kontinent,
Les Cahiers de l'Est, and
L'Alternative. She contributed the
Romanian chapter of the collection of essays titled
Histoire des spectacles (published by
Éditions Gallimard).
Between 1951 and 1974, Monica Lovinescu was a contributor for
Romanian language broadcasts of the
Radiodiffusion Française, as well as a member of the station's staff for Eastern Europe. From the 1960s onwards, she was a journalist for
Radio Free Europe, creating two weekly pieces that were influential in generating an internal opposition to the
Nicolae Ceauşescu regime. Their main purpose was to inform Romanians of cultural and political trends on in the
Free World. Part of the broadcast scripts were published as
Unde Scurte ("Shortwaves"), in
Madrid (1978).
She was the target of violent attacks in the Romanian communist press, the most notable of them being carried out by journalists
Eugen Barbu and
Corneliu Vadim Tudor. In 1977 she was knocked unonscious by members of the Romanian secret police
securitate. Tudor maintains his views on her and other Radio Free Europe broadcasters, while frequently displaying nostalgia for the Ceauşescu epoch.
Lovinescu also translated several Romanian literary works into
French.
She died in
Paris.
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