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It is about Radu Călin Cristea, literary critic, journalist, essayist and writer, who died at the age of 65. The late writer and literary critic is a member of the National Audiovisual Council (CNA) since February 2013 and until now,
“Radu Călin Cristea is one of the best journalists in Romania. He radiographs reality with the precision of a high-performance scanner, weighs the facts with the precision of a particularly fine balance, serving his audience with modesty and impeccable objectivity. In a a country where the press is among the most corrupt, arrogant and irresponsible segments of society, Radu Călin Cristea is not the contemporary of his time, ”wrote former anti-communist dissident Dorin Tudoran about him, continuing:
“He still believes in honesty, clarity, courtesy, and a sense of responsibility. Never showy, Cristea’s narrative qualities are those of a first-rate writer. He knows, respects and uses the immense power of the Word, as few coworkers can or want to do ”.
Who was Radu Călin Cristea?
Radu Călin Cristea was born in 1955, in the commune of Ineu, Arad region. He attended a secondary school in Arad and in 1978 graduated from the Faculty of Romanian Language and Literature at the University of Bucharest.
According to the official biography of the Wikipedia site, he made his debut as a journalist in 1973 in the Timișoara magazine “Orizont”, and an editorial with the volume of essays “Emil Botta -on the frontiers of innocence”, at Albatros Publishing House, in 1984.
Over time, he was a contributor and, later, editor of the program “Romanian News” broadcast by Radio Free Europe (1990 – 2002).
He was also director of the Museum of Romanian Literature in Bucharest, and in the summer of 2012 he was (acting) CEO of TVR. Later he remained at TVR, as head of the Department “Literature. Arts. “Since 1990 he has been a member of the Writers Guild and a member of the literary criticism and history section of the Bucharest Writers Guild Association.
Politically, Radu Călin Cristea was also known as a close member of the NLP.
