Behind the Iron Curtain: Scotsman recounts his experiences in Ceaușescu’s Romania
Scotsman Ronald Mackay has lived and worked all over the world, from Eastern Europe to Latin America and Canada. In 1967, he arrived in Bucharest as a visiting professor, teaching at the Foreign Languages Faculty of the University of…
Scotsman Ronald Mackay has lived and worked all over the world, from Eastern Europe to Latin America and Canada. In 1967, he arrived in Bucharest as a visiting professor, teaching at the Foreign Languages Faculty of the University of Bucharest. For two years, until 1969, he lived in the city, a time he recalls in his book “The Kilt behind the Curtain: A Scotsman in Ceaușescu’s Romania.”
In an email interview ahead of the book’s release, he told Romania-Insider about his experience at a time of pervasive suspicion and an ever-present secret police, his trips to the country, and one of his favorite ways of exploring Bucharest.
