Romulus Bărbulescu
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Romulus Bărbulescu | |
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Born | Sulina, Romania | October 27, 1925
Died | February 9, 2010 Bucharest |
Occupation | short story writer, novelist, translator |
Nationality | Romanian |
Period | 1963–2010 |
Genre | science fiction |
Romulus Bărbulescu (October 27, 1925, Sulina – February 9, 2010, Bucharest) was a Romanian science-fiction writer.
In 1963, Bărbulescu published "Constellations from the Waters," the first of 10 science fiction novels that established him and his co-author, George Anania, as pioneers of the genre in Romania. They drew their inspiration from Russian writers like Ivan Efremov or Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, or the Polish author Stanislaw Lem. In a communist society where criticizing current social norms was forbidden, alternative reality was good metaphor, and even better, safe. In the 1980s, the government of Romanian President Nicolae Ceaușescu took control of Anania and Bărbulescu's fan clubs to monitor discussions on utopian societies and social justice.[1]
Published books[]
- 1983 – , editura , Bucharest
- 1991 – , editura Ion Creangă, Bucharest
- 1993 – , editura , Galați
With George Anania[]
- (1962), Colecția "Povestiri științifico-fantastice" nr. 174-179 (en. Constellations from the Waters)
- (1967), Editura Tineretului
- (1969) – Editura Tineretului
- (1969), Colecția "Povestiri științifico-fantastice" nr. 356-359
- (1970), Editura Tineretului (en. The Stone Men Farm)
- (1973), Editura Tineretului
- (1977)
- (1993),
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Kevin J. O'Brien – Science fiction sales – the post-Soviet generation – Technology & Media, at International Herald Tribune October 29, 2006
External links[]
- Romulus Bărbulescu at Wiki SF at Editura Nemira
- Operă literară at World Cat
- (in Russian) Romulus Bărbulescu at archivsf.narod.ru
- (in Russian) Romulus Bărbulescu
- 1925 births
- 2010 deaths
- People from Sulina
- Romanian science fiction writers
- Romanian writer stubs