Marius Oprea
Marius Oprea was 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 Romanian Institute of Recent History (IRIR). He also serves as the president of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania.
Marius Oprea
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- Romania
- Occupation
- journalist · poet · historian · writer · artist
- Fields
- history · journalism · poetry
- Education
- University of Bucharest
- Languages
- Romanian
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Marius Oprea was 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 Romanian Institute of Recent History (IRIR). He also serves as the president of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania.
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1964
Marius Oprea was born in 1964 at Târgoviște.
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He made his debut as a poet in the collective volume Pauza de respiraţie ("Pause for Breathing"), together with Simona Popescu, Caius Dobrescu, and Andrei Bodiu. Oprea lives with his family in Braşov.
• 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, Stejărel Olaru) • 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)
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- 1.Historique de l'IICCMER
- 2.CV à jour publié sur le site de l'Université Nationale de Sciences et Technologie Polytechnique de Bucarest, Centre universitaire de Pitești.
- 3.Istoricul Marius Oprea, numit director de departament în cadrul IICCMER (Marius Oprea, nommé Directeur de département au sein de l'IICCMER).
- 4.page Marius Oprea sur le site du CICCR).
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