''Apostrof'' (

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for "

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") is a monthly

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published in

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

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under the

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patronage. It was founded in 1990 by Babeş-Bolyai University professor

Marta Petreu Marta Petreu is the pen name of Rodica Marta Vartic, née Rodica Crisan (born 14 March 1955), a Romanian philosopher, literary critic, essayist and poet. A professor of philosophy at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, she has publish ...

, who is also its editor in chief and main columnist. Among its regular contributors are literary critics Irina Petraş, Ştefan Borbély, and

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. ''Apostrof'' is especially noted for publishing dossiers on 20th century

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

n intellectuals, many of whom were subject to

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by the communist authorities, and for detailing their contribution to

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. It also publishes regular book chronicles.

History

The magazine was established in 1990, one year after the

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toppled communist rule."Revista revistelor"
, in '' Revista Sud-Est'', 1/2005 According to the

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n magazine '' Revista Sud-Est'', it met with financial difficulties during several periods of its existence, and, in 2004, briefly closed down. ''Apostrof'' has published dossiers on prominent literary figures who are associated with Transylvania and whose work, in many cases, was not accessible to the public under communism. These include poet and philosopher

Lucian Blaga Lucian Blaga (; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. Biography Blaga was born on 9 May 1895 ...

, literary critics

Mircea Zaciu Mircea Zaciu (August 27, 1928–March 21, 2000) was a Romanian critic, literary historian and prose writer. Biography Born into a Greek-Catholic family in Oradea, Ion Pop"Prezența lui Mircea Zaciu" in ''Tribuna'', nr. 143-144, September 200 ...

Ion Negoițescu Ion Negoiţescu (; also known as Nego; August 10, 1921 – February 6, 1993) was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading members of the Sibiu Literary Circle. A rebellious and eccentric figure, Nego ...

and

Nicolae Balotă Nicolae may refer to: * Nicolae (name), a Romanian name * ''Nicolae'' (novel), a 1997 novel See also *Nicolai (disambiguation) *Nicolao Nicolao is an Italian given name and a surname. It may refer to the following: Given name *Nicolao Civitali ...

, and dramatist Ion Desideriu Sârbu. According to ''Revista Sud-Est'': "Natives of this area, he dossiers' subjectsare also resounding names that have coverage throughout Romanian literature." In June 2005, it was also involved in a public awareness campaign over construction work carried out in Lancrăm, which threatened to harm a historical site and, it argued, went against Lucian Blaga's last wish (by disrupting the access from Blaga's grave to the Red Ravines area)."Dialog. Cimitirul Lancrăm - o profanare care nu se mai opreşte"
, in ''

Revista 22 ''Revista 22'' (''22 Magazine'') is a Romanian weekly magazine, issued by the Group for Social Dialogue and focused mainly on politics and culture. History and profile ''Revista 22'' was started in 1990. The first edition of the magazine was print ...

'', Nr. 798, June 2005

References

External links

Official site
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