Petru Dumitriu – People Vanquish!
The meteoric rise to fame of Petru Dumitriu is one of the most significant intellectual tales of the communist era. Enjoying a status of great prestige and blessed with all the trappings of a classic, Petru Dumitriu remained, for more than a decade, until his exile to the West, the very epitomy of the newly emerging literature to be written under the guise and inspiration of the comunist party. The goal of this essay is to investigate a key layer of Dumitriu’s work, namely the social and ideological contribution to the creation of a socialist- realist discourse. The manipulation of tradition, the praise of the totalitarian rule, the commitment to supporting the dominant position of the Party, these are the key ingredients to be found in his essays. This article aspires to be a contribution to the intellectual history of romanian communism.
Keywords: Communism, writer, totalitarianism
