Apostrof (Romanian for "Apostrophe") is a monthlyliterary magazine published inCluj-Napoca,Romania under theRomanian Writers' Union patronage. It was founded in 1990 byBabeș-Bolyai University professorMarta Petreu, who is also its editor in chief and main columnist. Among its regular contributors are literary criticsIrina Petraș,Ștefan Borbély [ro], andFlorin Manolescu [ro].
Apostrof is especially noted for publishing dossiers on 20th centuryTransylvanian intellectuals, many of whom were subject tocensorship by thecommunist authorities, and for detailing their contribution toRomanian literature. It also publishes regular book chronicles.
The magazine was established in 1990, one year after theRomanian Revolution toppled communist rule.[1] According to theMoldovan magazineRevista Sud-Est, it met with financial difficulties during several periods of its existence, and, in 2004, briefly closed down.[1]
Apostrof has published dossiers on prominent literary figures who are associated with Transylvania and whose work, in many cases, was not accessible to the public under communism. These include poet and philosopherLucian Blaga, literary criticsMircea Zaciu,Ion Negoițescu, andNicolae Balotă [ro], and dramatistIon Dezideriu Sîrbu.[1] According toRevista Sud-Est: "Natives of this area, [the dossiers' subjects] are also resounding names that have coverage throughout Romanian literature."[1]
In June 2005, it was also involved in a public awareness campaign over construction work carried out inLancrăm, which threatened to harm a historical site and, it argued, went against Lucian Blaga's last wish (by disrupting the access from Blaga's grave to the Red Ravines area).[2]
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