Pavel Țugui
Pavel Țugui(1 November 1921 – 20 September 2021) was aRomaniancommunist activist and literary historian.
Born inVicovu de Jos,Rădăuți County(now part ofSuceava County), he graduated from high school inCernăuți,after which he became a teacher. In 1943–1944 he attended military school, and in the fall of 1944 he fought inWorld War IIon theTransylvanianfront.[1]Initially a member of thePloughmen's Front,Țugui joined in July 1945 theRomanian Communist Party(PCR; later PMR).[2]In 1945 he enrolled in the Law School of theUniversity of Iași,but quit after one semester, and in 1947 went to study at theȘtefan Gheorghiu AcademyinBucharest.[1]
Working in the agitation and propaganda section of the Central Committee of the PMR, he advanced between 1955 and 1960 from instructor to head of the literature and arts section to division chief. In the latter capacity, he met many of the writers, artists and scientists of the day, as his office lay at the intersection between the cultural and arts sphere on the one hand and the party leadership on the other. From 1953 to 1955 he was deputy to theCulture Minister,thenConstanța Crăciun.Elected an alternate member of the Central Committee at the 7th Party Congress in December 1955, after 1960 he stopped holding important positions in the party or the state.[2]
Țugui also worked as a university professor and literary historian. He had a good knowledge ofBukovina,and wrote several books about the region.[3]He published his memoirs in 1999.[4]In June 2021, he was awarded theEminescu the JournalistPrize by theUnion of the Professional Journalists in Romania.[5]Țugui died in September 2021, at the age of 99.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abc"Pavel Țugui, un intelectual patriot".mnlr.ro.Muzeul Național al Literaturii Române. 20 September 2021.Retrieved11 December2021.
- ^abCristina Diac (25 April 2007)."Academicianul fără operă".Jurnalul Național(in Romanian).Retrieved5 April2022.
- ^Nicolae Scurtu,"O epistolă necunoscută a lui Petru Dumitriu"Archived2014-03-05 at theWayback Machine,România LiterarăNr.39/2010; accessed May 29, 2012
- ^Zigu Ornea,"O carte despre anii 1955-1960"Archived2014-03-05 at theWayback Machine,România LiterarăNr.3/2001; accessed May 29, 2012
- ^"Premiile UZPREminescu Ziaristul:Acad. D.R. Popescu, Nicolae Georgescu și Pavel Țugui – printre laureați ".Agerpres(in Romanian). June 28, 2021.RetrievedJuly 27,2022.
