Octavian Paler

Octavian Paler moved on to Radu Negru High School in Făgăraș, where he studied literature for his final examination.

[1] He graduated in 1945[2] with magna cum laude and outstanding results in philosophy, Latin and Greek.

After 1989, Paler received public appreciation for his journalistic work and political activism and was appointed as the chief editor of România Liberă.

He also published with Cotidianul and Ziua, and made appearances on public TV discussing politics and morality.

Paler died of a heart attack on May 7, 2007 at the age of 80, and was buried with military honours in the Sfânta Vineri Cemetery in Bucharest.