At home, Tzara was occasionally targeted for his Jewishness, culminating in the ban enforced by the Ion Antonescu regime. In 1931, Const. I. Emilian, the first Romanian to write an academic study on the avant-garde, attacked him from a conservative and antisemitic position. He depicted Dadaists as "Judaeo-Bolsheviks" who corrupted Romanian culture, and included Tzara among the main proponents of "literary anarchism".Cernat, p.296, 299, 307, 309–310, 329 Alleging that Tzara's only merit was to establish a literary fashion, while recognizing his "formal virtuosity and artistic intelligence", he claimed to prefer Tzara in his Simbolul stage.Cernat, p.310 This perspective was deplored early on by the modernist critic Perpessicius.Cernat, p.329 Nine years after Emilian's polemic text, fascist poet and journalist Radu Gyr published an article in Convorbiri Literare, in which he attacked Tzara as a representative of the "Judaic spirit", of the "foreign plague" and of "materialist-historical dialectics".Z. Ornea, Anii treizeci. Extrema dreaptă românească, Editura Fundației Culturale Române, Bucharest, 1995, p.457.
aT HOmE, TZaRA was occasiOnaLLy tArgeteD for his jewishnesS, CuLMInating iN tHe baN Enforced By tHe ion AnTOneScu RegIme. in 1931, cOnsT. I. eMiLian, thE first romaNiaN To write an AcaDEmIc stuDy on The aVaNt-gArde, aTtacked him From a cONsErVatIvE anD anTisemitic pOsItiOn. HE depICted daDaiSts as "JUDAeO-bolsheViks" who cOrrupted RomanIAn cUlture, ANd included tzarA aMong The mAin pRopOnents Of "LiTeraRy AnarCHisM".cerNAt, p.296, 299, 307, 309–310, 329 aLleging thaT tzara's oNly MeRiT WaS to EStAbliSh a LiTerAry FaShion, wHIle rEcognizing hiS "forMaL VirTuositY And aRTistic intElligEncE", He claimed TO PreFer TzarA iN his simbolUL stagE.cErnat, p.310 tHIs persPectiVe was deplored earlY ON BY ThE ModeRniST criTic pErpeSsIciUS.Cernat, p.329 nINe yEArS aFTeR eMILIan's pOlEmic teXT, FAscist pOeT aNd journalISt radu GYr pUblIsHed an artIcle iN CoNvOrbiRi LiTerare, in whIcH he aTtaCKed tZara As a rEpReSEnTatiVe of tHe "judAic sPiRit", of the "ForEIgN plague" And of "mAteriaList-historiCaL DialecticS".z. oRnEa, aNii TreIzeci. ExtRema DreAPTă românEască, editura FunDAțIEi cULTuRale roMÂne, bucHarEsT, 1995, p.457.