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Banned and restricted books in Romania
14 titles have been banned or restricted in Romania, recorded across 14 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
14
Ban events
14
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
5
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Passive Organ | Paul Goma | 1975 | 1 |
| Nostalgia | Mircea Cărtărescu | 1989 | 1 |
| The Land of Green Plums | Herta Müller | 1994 | 1 |
| On Clowns: The Dictator and the Artist | Norman Manea | 1992 | 1 |
| Nadirs | Herta Müller | 1982 | 1 |
| The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 | 1 |
| 1984 | George Orwell | 1949 | 1 |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 | 1 |
| Ostinato | Paul Goma | 1971 | 1 |
| Gherla | Paul Goma | 1976 | 1 |
| Noaptea de Sânziene | Mircea Eliade | 1955 | 1 |
| Așteptând ceasul de apoi | Dinu Pillat | — | 1 |
| Drückender Tango | Herta Müller | 1984 | 1 |
| Întâmplări de pe strada mea | Ana Blandiana | 1988 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 14
- Immorality
- 1
By decade
1940s3
1960s2
1970s3
1980s5
1990s1
Documented bans
All 14 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
The Land of Green Plums1994
Întâmplări de pe strada mea1988
Drückender Tango1984
Nadirs1982
On Clowns: The Dictator and the Artist1981
Nostalgia1980
Gherla1976
The Passive Organ1975
Ostinato1971
Noaptea de Sânziene1960
Așteptând ceasul de apoi1960
19841949
The Great Gatsby1948
Animal Farm1947
Source: Verboten, built on the banned-books.org Open Censorship Core (CC BY 4.0). Verboten compilation CC BY 4.0.