Romulus Bărbulescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Romulus Bărbulescu

science fiction writer

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Sulina, Tulcea County, Romania

Date of Death: 09-Feb-2010

Profession: actor, literary critic, science fiction writer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Romulus Barbulescu (October 27, 1925, Sulina – February 9, 2010, Bucharest) was a Romanian science-fiction writer. In 1963, 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 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 Ceau?escu took control of Anania and Barbulescu's fan clubs to monitor discussions on utopian societies and social justice.