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Lehel Vandor (1971-) was born in Transylvania, and grew up, as a member of the Hungarian ethnic minority there, during Nicolae Ceausescu's totalitarian regime. His school, and later high school, studies have been completed during the communist dictatorship.
The 1989 revolution in Romania and the 1990 ethnic pogrom organized by the newly formed Romanian extreme right happened during his final year at high school. In 1990, the first generation of students of the free Romanian began their University studies. Lehel Vandor, too was among them, and the five years of student life have been a memorable experience in the country that was just starting to find its way.
After finishing University in Transylvania, he obtained his PhD in the United Kingdo ...more

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Lehel Vandor Frequent journeys of the mind... albeit these may be somewhat "antisocial" and solitary, but quite rewarding - even if it is a non-fiction work. One g…moreFrequent journeys of the mind... albeit these may be somewhat "antisocial" and solitary, but quite rewarding - even if it is a non-fiction work. One genuinely feels that one is creating a world, and all its rules are, essentially, set by the writer...(less)

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Lehel Vandor Some of the memories of my growing up during a dictatorship were quite strange, and some surprising similarities having emerged between that regime an…moreSome of the memories of my growing up during a dictatorship were quite strange, and some surprising similarities having emerged between that regime and some socio-political aspects of my chosen country of residence... Thus came the idea of a memoir that would capture the pre- and post-anticommunist revolution period, with chapters that ponder on certain universally detectable tendencies in modern societies, regardless of the very different social or political systems.(less)

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