Ovidiu Papadima
Ovidiu Papadima was a Romanian literary critic, folklorist, and essayist.
He studied at the Alexandru Papiu Ilarian High School in Târgu Mureş, graduating at the top of his class in 1928. He then enrolled in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1931.
He made his debut at age 23 in the literary magazine Gândirea, together with Tudor Vianu. He also wrote for Revista Fundaţiilor Regale. From 1937 to 1941, he held an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, sponsored by the Foreign Office of Nazi Germany. He was on the Faculty at the University of Bucharest between 1941 and 1949.
After the establishment of the communist regime, Papadima was arrested in 1952 for "counterrevolutionary activities" and for his writings from the interbellic period. He was imprisoned at Calea Rahovei, Ghencea, Craiova, Poarta Albă, Gherla prison, and Jilava. Physically exhausted after this experience, he was released on October 7, 1955. Prevented from publishing for several years, he was politically rehabilitated in 1971.
He had two sons, Ștefan and Liviu.Work
- O viziune românească a lumii, 1941
- Neam, sat, oraș în poezia lui Octavian Goga, Bucharest: Fundația Regală pentru Literatură și Artă, 1942
- Creatorii și lumea lor, 1943
- Poezia și cunoaşterea etnică, 1944
- Cu cît cînt, atîta sînt: antologie a liricii popular, Bucharest: Editura pentru literatură, 1963
- Literatură populară Română; din istoria și poetica ei, Bucharest: Editura Pentru Literatură, 1968.
- Ipostaze ale luminismului românesc, 1975
