huge and a prolific writer, was larger-than-life character who appeared on television several times a week.During the communist era, he wrote flattering poems about Ceausescu. Critics said the poems contributed to the dictator's personality cult.
Still, Paunescu's sentimental verse struck a chord with many Romanians.
from The Canadian Press: Romanian poet who praised dictator Nicolae Ceausescu but remained a national favourite dies
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