''Cuvântul'' (, meaning "The Word") was a daily newspaper, published by philosopher
Nae Ionescu in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
,
Romania
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, from 1926 to 1934, and again in 1938. It was primarily noted for progressively adopting a
far-right and
fascist
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agenda, and for supporting, during the 1930s, the revolutionary fascist
Iron Guard
The Iron Guard () was a Romanian militant revolutionary nationalism, revolutionary Clerical fascism, religious fascist Political movement, movement and political party founded in 1927 by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu as the Legion of the Archangel M ...
.
Notable staff members of ''Cuvântul'' during its initial run included
Mircea Eliade,
Mihail Sebastian,
Victor Ion Popa,
Perpessicius,
Mac Constantinescu,
Ion Călugăru,
Dem. Theodorescu,
George Breazul, and
Paul Sterian. Editor Nae Ionescu died in March 1940.
It resumed publication in October 1940, after the establishment of the
National Legionary State, under the directorship of
Petre P. Panaitescu. The relaunched paper became an official organ of the Iron Guard, carrying the subtitle "Newspaper of the Legionary Movement" ("Ziar al Mișcării Legionare"). After the
Legionnaire's rebellion and the ousting of the Iron Guard from government in January 1941, it ceased publication again.
References
Newspapers published in Bucharest
Romanian-language newspapers
Fascist newspapers
Iron Guard
Newspapers established in 1926
Publications disestablished in 1938
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