Doina Cornea | |
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 Cornea in the 1980s | |
| Born | 30 May 1929 |
| Died | 3 May 2018 (aged 88) |
| Resting place | Hajongard Cemetery, Cluj-Napoca |
| Citizenship | Romanian |
| Alma mater | Babeș-Bolyai University |
| Occupation(s) | Human rights activist Language professor |
| Years active | 1949–2018 |
| Known for | Dissident in Communist Romania led by Nicolae Ceaușescu |
| Notable work | translation of Încercarea Labirintului by Mircea Eliade |
| Political party | National Salvation Front (1989–1990) Romanian Democratic Convention (1990–2000) |
| Board member of | Group for Social Dialogue |
| Children | Ariadna Combes Leontin Juhasz |
| Awards | See Honours and awards |
Doina Cornea (Romanian: [ˈdojna ˈkorne̯a]; 30 May 1929 – 3 May 2018) was a Romanian human rights activist and French language professor. She was a dissident during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
She was co-founder of the Democratic Anti-totalitarian Forum of Romania (Forumul Democrat Antitotalitar din România), as the first attempt to unify the democratic opposition to the post-communist government.[1] This organization later transformed into the Romanian Democratic Convention (Convenția Democrată Română, CDR), which brought Emil Constantinescu to power.[1]