Romanian Poetry in the Communism. The Monday Literary Club: An inside Story

Abstract

The Monday Literary Club had a very important role in creating, educating, and shaping what the History of Romanian Literature calls “Generation ‘80”. Florin Iaru, one of the first and the most important members of this generation, tells us how he sees the activity and the role of the club within the age, but also the Romanian literature. Based on his opinion, on the one hand, the Monday Literary Club brought together very valuable people and tried to make the most of them, and on the other hand, the communist regime played a very important role in the poets’ lives and poetry.