George Macovescu
George Macovescu (born May 28, 1913 in Joseni , Buzău County , † 2002 ) was a Romanian writer and politician of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR), who was Foreign Minister for several years .
Life
After attending school, Macovescu studied law at the University of Bucharest with a degree in law . In addition, worked as a journalist in the 1930s and wrote articles for various left-wing newspapers such as Adevărul and Dimineaţa . In 1936 he became a member of the PCR and after the beginning of the Second World War he supported the anti-fascist movement against the government of Ion Antonescu, which had joined the Axis powers .
After the end of the war he was first Secretary General of the Department of Communications in 1945 and was then Ambassador to the United Kingdom between 1947 and 1949 . On his return to Bucharest he became director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , before he was expelled from the diplomatic service in 1952. In addition, he was professor of Romanian language and literature between 1949 and 1981 . After he was deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper Gazeta literară between 1952 and 1955 , he was director general of the Romanian film company from 1955 to 1959.
In 1959 he was returned to the diplomatic service and was both ambassador to the United States and a member of the delegation to the United Nations until 1961 . In 1961 Macovescu was first deputy foreign minister and then in 1967 first deputy foreign minister.
On October 18, 1972 he was appointed Foreign Minister of Romania and thus the successor to Corneliu Mănescu . In this capacity, Macovescu, who was married to a Jewish woman, continued to work to improve relations with Israel and was also involved as a mediator in the conflict between Israel and Egypt . As Foreign Minister, he was also a member of the Defense Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania from October 1972 to March 1978 , one of the highest bodies of the Socialist Republic and the main body for national defense issues. On October 21, 1975 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique . On March 23, 1978 he was succeeded by Ștefan Andrei in the office of Foreign Minister.
Subsequently, between 1978 and 1982 he was president of the Uniunea Scriitorilor din România, the Romanian Writers' Union.
Publications
In addition to his political activities, Macovescu was active as a writer and published numerous works such as a biography about the pedagogue Gheorghe Lazăr and theoretical writings on literary theory and criticism such as:
- Contradicții în Imperiul Britanic , 1950
- Viața și opera lui Al. Sahia , 1950
- Gheorghe Lazar , 1954
- Unele problems ale reportajului literar , 1956
- Oameni și fapte , 1957
- Introducere în știința literaturii , 1962
- Vârstele timpului , 1971
- Catargele înalte , 1972
- Farmecul pământului. Jurnal la marginea dintre vis și viață , 1982
- Semnul dintre ochi , 1983
- Undeva, cândva , 1985
- Trecânde anotimpuri , 1988
Web links
- Literature by and about George Macovescu in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gheorghe Macovescu in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Istorie Literară: Un comunist onest de Ion Simuţ ( accessed on October 28, 2011)
- Publications (openlibrary.org)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Macovescu, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian politician (PCR), diplomat and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Joseni , Buzau County |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2002 |