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More than a decade after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the overthrow and execution of brutal Romanian dictator Nicholas Ceausescu, the worst AIDS epidemic among children in the world bears out its infamous legacy in Romania, still one of the poorest and most fractured societies in Eastern Europe.
About the Author Kent Klich was born in Sweden in1952. He studied psychology at the University of Gothenburg. After earning his degree he worked with adolescents with a history of social problems. Klich's other publications include The Book of Beth (Aperture, 1989) and El Nino: Children of the Streets, Mexico City (journal/University of Syracuse 2000). He has been a Magnum photographer since 1998 and has exhibited widely, including the Recontres de Perpignan, France in 1999.; Herta Muller was born in Romania in 1953. After refusing to cooperate with Ceausescu's Securitate, she lost her job as a teacher and suffered repeated threats before she was able to emigrate in 1987. She is the author of The Land Of Green Plumbs (Henry Holt & Co., 1996) among other publications, and is the winner of Germany's most prestigious literary award, The Kleist Prize. Herta Muller now lives in Berlin.Children Of Ceausescu,Kent Klich,Herta Muller,Umbrage,1884167101,Photo Essays,Photoessays & Documentaries,Photography,Subjects & Themes - Portraits,Subjects & Themes - Travel - World/Europe,AIDS (Disease) in children,Photography / General,Photography of children,Pictorial works,Romania
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