Romulus Bărbulescu

Romanian writer

Romulus Bărbulescu
Born	(1925-10-27)October 27, 1925 Sulina, Romania
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 – Catharsis, editura Albatros, Bucharest
1991 – Încotro curge liniștea?, editura Ion Creangă, Bucharest
1993 – Golful ucigașilor, editura Porto-Franco, Galați

With George Anania

Constelația din ape (1962), Colecția "Povestiri științifico-fantastice" nr. 174-179 (en. Constellations from the Waters)
Statuia șarpelui (1967), Editura Tineretului
Doando (1969) – Editura Tineretului
Planeta umbrelelor albastre (1969), Colecția "Povestiri științifico-fantastice" nr. 356-359
Ferma oamenilor de piatră (1970), Editura Tineretului (en. The Stone Men Farm)
Paralela-enigmă (1973), Editura Tineretului
Șarpele blând al infinitului (1977)
Cât de mic poate fi infernul? (1993), Editura Odeon