| Romulus Bărbulescu | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 27, 1941 Sulina, Romania |
| Died | February 9, 2010 Bucharest |
| Occupation | short story writer, novelist, translator |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Period | 1963 - 2010 |
| Genres | science fiction, |
Romulus Bărbulescu (October 27, 1925, Sulina - February 9, 2010, Bucharest ) was a Romanian science-fiction writer.
In 1963, Romulus Barbulescu 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 comunism world where criticizing current society was forbidden, alternative reality was good metaphor, and even better, safe. In the 1980s, the government of Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu took control of Anania and Barbulescu's fan clubs to monitor discussions on utopian societies and social justice.[1] After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Romulus Barbulescu and George Anania competed for attention as books from Western science fiction writers like Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison and Philip K. Dick flooded the East European market.
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