Anneli Ute Gabanyi (born October 18, 1942) is a German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist of Romanian background, especially known for her research on the society and culture of the

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period in Romania and the

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. A former main analyst for Südost-Institut in

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, she is an associate researcher for the German Institute for International and Security Issues (''Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik'') in

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.Profile at Polirom.ro

Biography

Born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

to a

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family of partly Hungarian heritage, she completed secondary studies in her parents' native town of

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."Falimentul Cortinei de Fier" (interview with Anneli Ute Gabanyi)
, in '' 22'', August 2006 As a former trader, her father was subjected to restrictions by Communist authorities, and the Gabanyi family residence in the Sub Arini area was confiscated by the state. Gabanyi studied Philology and Political Science at the University of Cluj, and later at the

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and the

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. She received a

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in Philology from the

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. In 1963, Gabanyi and her family were allowed, as

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s, to reunite with their relatives living in

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(all of whom had retreated with the

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from

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at the end of

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). According to Anneli Ute Gabanyi, this was made possible by the efforts of her father, who had profited from ''

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'' in German-Romanian relations. They settled in

, where she became an analyst for

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(1969); she was head of the station's Romanian Research Section until 1987. She has frequently visited her native country after the Revolution, and is a regular contributor to ''

Sfera Politicii ''Sfera Politicii'' ( for "The Political Sphere") is a monthly political science magazine, published in Romania since 1991. History and profile ''Sfera Politicii'' was first published in December 1991. The magazine is based in Bucharest. Its artic ...

''.

Works

*''Partei und Literatur in Rumänien seit 1945'', München: R. Oldenbourg, 1975. *''Die unvollendete Revolution: Rumänien zwischen Diktatur und Demokratie'', München:

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, 1990. *''Systemwechsel in Rumänien: von der Revolution zur Transformation'', München: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1998. * ''The Ceaușescu cult: propaganda and power policy in communist Romania'', Bucharest: Editura Fundației Culturale Române, 2000. *''Vom Baltikum bis zum Schwarzen Meer. Transformationsstaaten im östlichen Europa'', with

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, München: Bayerische Landeszentrale für Politische Bildungsarbeit, 2002

Honours

Romanian Royal Family The Romanian royal family ( ro, Familia regală a României) was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe. The kingdom existed from 1881, when Carol I of Romania was proclaimed king, until ...

: 56th Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Romanian Royal House

References

External links

Profile and essays at ''Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik''
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