Marius Oprea

Marius Oprea is a Romanian historian, poet and essayist.
Born in Târgovişte, he studied history at the University of Bucharest and he has a PhD with a thesis on the role and evolution of the Communist-era secret police, the Securitate between 1948 and 1964. Oprea currently works as a journalist and researcher at the Romanian Institute of Recent History. He also serves as the president of the Institute for the Investigation of [Communist Crimes in Romania].
He made his debut as a poet in the collective volume Pauza de respiraţie, together with Simona Popescu, Caius Dobrescu, and Andrei Bodiu.
Marius Oprea lives with his family in Braşov.

Published volumes

Banalitatea răului O istorie a Securităţii în documente Securiştii partidului Serviciul de cadre al PCR ca poliţie politică Ziua care nu se uită. 15 noiembrie 1987, Braşov Solo de trambulină Moştenitorii Securităţii Chipul morţii: dialog cu Vladimir Bukovski despre natura comunismului Bastionul cruzimii: o istorie a Securităţii, 2008)

''Sase feluri de a muri''