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Adrian Paunescu - "Consciousness of the Romanian people"

Adrian Paunescu (b. Adrian Paun, July 20, 1943, has Copăceni County, Balti, Bessarabia, now a republic Moldova - died November 5, 2010 in Bucharest) was a poet, journalist, lyricist, director of the Romanian journalist and politician. Paunescu is best known as a great poet and considered a peerless personality of Romanian culture in contemporary

His literary debut, in 1960 and is one of the most prolific contemporary writers Romanian: Organizing mega musical performances and poetry under the name of the journal
he was driving at the time "The Flame" Flacara, large popular shows regularly in the years 1973 -1983 in the major cities in Romania, where artists are promoted by the poet became the stars of Romanian music.

With unbounded energy, a great capacity to motivate crowds and a very talented poet, Adrian Paunescu urged Mass culture well-loved younger audiences, despite many penalties by the Communist Government, it coined phrases like "Generation Jeans" and "young music for young people to nominate an amateur style maverick fashion sounds they loved, the kind folk and rock.

Paunescu began publishing in 1973, the year he joined the leadership of the magazine "The Flame" the magazine enjoys most of the time who supported the great values in several areas such as education, science, research and culture: It is rejected in July 1985. The immediate pretext was the scandal generated by his show concert Ploiesti in June 1985.

After the fall of communism has transformed its magazine under the title "However, love." As a publicist he has led for a brief period in 1999, a Romanian newspaper sports on television Antena 1.

Challenged or revered, Adrian Paunescu was a complex relationship with Ceausescu he has supported and admired her attitude of real patriotism and courage, particularly during 1968 when Ceausescu was against the Soviet invasion of Prague. Afterwards, he became the acerbic criticism of the exaggerations and absurdities of the Communist regime.
 

Yet the poet has not ceased to express admiration of certain aspects of his behavior, even after the fall of the communist regime of Ceausescu. Undoubtedly, the political orientation of Paunescu has always been an intellectual and social Democratic Left.

Unlike other figures in the communist period, Adrian Paunescu was enjoying rather more liberal ideas inspired by the West.

In his messages criticism focuses more on the skids of political power and economic shortcomings.

After 1989, Paunescu is one of the few not completely deny the socialist ideology, falling rapidly in the Socialist Labour Party created by Ilie Verdet.

Although born in Bessarabia (today's Moldova), Adrian Paunescu has spent most of childhood Barca in the county of Dolj. He graduated from the National School of Craiova. Paunescu's father, a member of the National Liberal Party, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "anti-Communist activities" by the Stalinist regime after 1945 and the poet had to wait three years before enrolling at the university. Paunescu Adrian studied at the Faculties of Arts at the University of Bucharest.

 

It began as a literary author in 1960. Author of over fifty books, most books of poetry, Paunescu was one of the most prolific contemporary Romanian poets. His books have been published in a print record of more than one million copies. A considerable number of his poems were known by the general public brought as lyrics for composers of rock and folk

Between 1985-1989 are banned to pronounce his name on television and radio restrictive measure continues until 1992.

Since 1992, he participated as a guest on TV channels

1992-1998 - Member of the Socialist Party (later absorbed by the Social Democratic Party), who becomes vice-president in 1993 and senior vice president and spokesman in 1994.

In February 1996, was appointed to the PS candidate presidential elections in 1996 but he is not elected

1992-1996 - Senator of Dolj

Chairman of the Committee for Culture of the Romanian Senate and the parliamentary group "National Party";



Member of the Romanian parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. European Observatory on elections in Moldova (1994) and the Republic of Croatia (1995).

In 1994 he was elected Vice-President of the European Policy of the United Left parties

Member of the Social Democracy Party of Romania.

2000-2004 - Member of the Senate, the electoral district of Dolj
President of the Senate Committee on Culture, Religion, Arts and Media
Member of the Inter Bucharest - Chisinau (Moldova)

Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with China
Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group in Romania - Turkey
Member of the Friendship Group Romania - Portugal.

In recent years there has been a senator of Hunedoara in the PSD.

He died November 5, 2010 is following a long illness.






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