The critic again found himself marginalized with the 1947–1948 establishment of the Romanian communist regime.Călinescu & Vianu, p.147Lucia Dragomir, "Une position marginale dans le camp littéraire roumain à l'epoque communiste: le groupe onirique", in Gheorghiu & Dragomir, p.262-263 Gheorghe Grigurcu, "O carte despre Cameleonea (II)", in România Literară, Nr. 38/2009 As early as October 1947, he was stripped of his University of Iași position through an ex post facto decision adopted by Education Minister Ștefan Voitec (and which reputedly contradicted Romanian law). Cioculescu braved political persecution and communization, attending, with Strainu, the clandestine literary meetings organized by his fellow critic Pavel Chihaia. Gheorghe Grigurcu, "Destinul unui rezistent: Pavel Chihaia", in România Literară, Nr. 41/2001
