Forest of the Hanged (novel)
Forest of the Hanged is a novel by Romanian writer Liviu Rebreanu. Published in 1922, it is partly inspired by the experience of his brother Emil Rebreanu, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army hanged for espionage and desertion in 1917, during World War I.
The closing lines of the novel, in Rebreanu's own handwriting, with signature
Liviu Rebreanu was a Romanian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and journalist.
Liviu Rebreanu
Liviu Rebreanu on a stamp issued by Poșta Română in 1985