George Șerban

George Șerban (born June 25, 1954 in Buzău , Romania , † December 31, 1998 in Timișoara , Romania) was a Romanian journalist, politician and writer who became known as the author of the proclamation of Timișoara in the wake of the Romanian Revolution in 1989 .

Life

George Șerban studied sociology and psychology at the University of Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iași . Before 1989 he taught Marxism at the Timișoara Polytechnic University . After participating in the revolution, he became a member of the Timișoara Society and worked as a journalist for the Timișoara newspaper.

Șerban drafted the Timișoara Proclamation , a thirteen-point document , with other leading participants in the revolution . For his part, Șerban was inspired by his colleague Alexandra Indrieș , an influential intellectual and former political prisoner of the 1950s. The signatories from the ranks of the Timișoara Society ( Romanian Societatea Timișoara ) and other student and worker organizations expressed the liberal-democratic aims of the spirit of the revolution. The proclamation was read on March 11, 1990 from the balcony of the Timișoara Opera House on Piața Victoriei by Șerban.

In 1994 Șerban joined the Christian Democratic National Peasant Party (Romanian Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat ) and was later elected to the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Timiș County , to which he belonged until his death. He was a member of the writers ' union Uniunea Scriitorilor din România (German: Romanian Writers' Association ) and the Romanian PEN Club .

Publications

• Somnul , German  sleep , Facla, 1983, ISBN 973-23-0651-3
• Turnirul , German Tournier , Facla, Timișoara, 1987, p. 284
• Iahtul , deutsch Yacht , 1987 (The publication was prevented by the communist censors in 1987.)

In addition to his novels, Șerban published prose and essays in critical literary publications such as Dialog , Forum studentesc , Orizont and others.

literature

• Victor Neumann: Actul politic definind ideile revoluționare: Proclamația de la Timișoara , in: Ideologie și fantasmagorie. Perspective comparative asupra istoriei gîndirii politice în Europa Est-Centrală. Polirom, Iași 2001, pp. 190–196

Web links

• Famouswhy: George Șerban , biography, English ( online )
• Ziarul de Iași: A murit deputatul PNTCD George Serban , January 16, 1999, Romanian ( online )
• Revista 22, Ruxandra Cesereanu: Proclamatia de la Timișoara si legea lustratiei , March 10, 2005, Romanian ( online )
• Evenimentul Zilei, George D. Ripa, Adriana Istodor: Legea lustratiei a fost depusa la Parlament , April 8, 2005, Romanian ( online )
• Camera Deputaților: Gheorghe ŞERBAN. Sinteza activitatii parlamentare în legislatura 1996-2000 , romanian ( online )