Tag: Ana Blandiana

Ana Blandiana: „Solidarity is the superlative of freedom”

The famous writer, poet, essayist and civic activist is one of the most popular Romanian women of all time. Ana Blandiana is a well-known symbol of anti-communist resistance. At the age of 17, Otilia Coman published her first poem under the pseudonym “Blandiana”, the name of her mother’s village and a Roman fort. She was […]

The story of women fighting in the anti-communist resistance

Based on the recommendation of the writer Ana Blandiana, I also invite you to visit the “Women Enemies of the People” Exhibition at the Memorial to the Victims of Communism and Resistance in Bucharest. Peasants and aristocrats, intellectuals and simple women, elderly women, teenagers or even little girls, pregnant women and breastfeeding women have spent […]