Mariana Cristina Bărbulescu

Mariana Cristina Bărbulescu (1953-2025) studied English and German at the University of Iaşi, Romania, where she completed her PhD in 2000 with a dissertation on S. T. Coleridge. Upon finishing her studies she worked as a German and English teacher. Since 1982 she worked as an assistant, then lecturer, at the University of Iaşi’s German Department. She translated numerous German-speaking writers from German into Romanian, including Hermann Hesse’s Gertrude; Die schönsten Erzählungen, Cătălin Dorian Florescu’s Der kurze Weg nach Hause; Der blinde Masseur; Zaira; Jacob beschließt zu lieben, Heimito von Doderer’s Das letzte Abenteuer, and Günter Grass’ Katz und Maus and Hundejahre. She was a member of the Romanian Writers’ Association (Translation Department) and was awarded the translation prize handed out by its Iaşi branch in 2013. She passed away in April 2025.