Alexandru Zub (born October 12, 1934) is a Romanian historian, biographer, essayist, political activist and academic.
[1] The same year, he took part in a rally commemorating the medieval Prince of Moldavia Stephen the Great, which was considered nationalist by the Communist regime.
[4] After his release, he took up research in the Central University Library of Iași,[3] and began publishing biographies and studies of Romanian culture, which proved to be highly influential during the period of relative liberalization at the start of Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime.
[1] He has since notably authored works on major figures of Romanian historiography (including Mihail Kogălniceanu, Vasile Pârvan, Alexandru D. Xenopol), as well as ample studies on cultural phenomena.
[5] This attitude notably drew criticism from Bedros Horasangian (who considered Goma's words "banterings" and their effect "void").