Theodor Cazaban (2 April 1921 – 4 March 2016) was a Romanian anti-communist writer.
Born in Fălticeni, he graduated from the University of Bucharest with a degree in letters, and fled to France in 1947. While in Paris, he was a staff member of the anti-communist newspaper 'La Nation Roumaine' and contributed to the broadcasts of Radio Free Europe. In 1963 he published the novel Parages, in which he describes Communist persecutions of Romanian intellectuals, such as Mircea Eliade, Emil Cioran, Eugène Ionesco, and others.
Marilena Rotaru of the Romanian Television made a documentary movie in 2003 about Theodor Cazaban.Theodor Cazaban: "Captiv în lumea liberă", 11 Aprilie 2016, TVR, accesat la 18 aprilie 2017
Family Theodor was the younger brother of the playwright, Jules Cazaban.
Works Captiv în lumea liberă, Editura Echinox, Cluj, 2002. Eseuri și cronici literare, Editura "Jurnalul literar", București, 2002. , . Parages, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1963 (in French)
References
External links Ne lipsește Theodor Cazaban | Istoriile lui Alex. Ștefănescu, 10 august 2016, Alex Ștefănescu, Evenimentul Zilei
Interviews Theodor Cazaban: "În Scânteia erau asemenea minciuni, încît mi s-a părut un ziar mai mult decît suprarealist", Cristian Bădiliță, România Literară - anul 2000, numărul 51-52 - Archive memoria.ro