La Roumanie dans les publications belges (1923-1943)

Abstract

This contribution focuses on the presence of Romania and Romanian writers in Belgian publications from 1923 to 1943. The research questions the degree of knowledge and information the Belgian public opinion had on Romania in the interwar period. By combining results from researches conducted in the library of the Universit. Libre de Bruxelles and Centre d’Archives pour l’Histoire des Femmes (Bruxelles), the author discovers the Romanians who published in the Belgian press, and the Belgian authors who showed an interest in Romania during the same period. The article also analyses the main subjects in the Belgian press from 1923 to1943 and makes a review of the books translated into Romanian during the years 1934-1938 in order to demonstrate the francophone dimension of the Romanian editorial projects. The conclusion the author reaches is that the Belgian public opinion had limited knowledge about Romania during the interwar period, the Belgian authors being more focuses in domestic politics and on the growing importance of fascism.