ROBU, Cornel

(1938-)

   Romanian lecturer in literature (at Cluj-Napoca University) and sf critic, some of whose many articles have appeared in English, including "A Key to Science Fiction: The Sublime" in FOUNDATION \#42 (1988). He edthe 1st reprint and critical edition (1986), with afterword in English, of the early Romanian sf novel In anul 4000 sau O calatorie la Venus ("In the Year 4000, or A Voyage to Venus") (1899) by Victor Anestin, and also edthe anthology of Romanian sf Timpul este umbra noastra: Science-fiction romanesc dinultimele doua decenii: Antologie comentata ("Time is Our Shadow: Romanian Science Fiction 1969-1989: Anthology with Commentary")(anth 1991), with an afterword in English. A more general work is Panorama romanului romanesc contemporan: 1944-1974 ("Panorama of the Contemporary Romanian Novel: 1944-74") (1974) with Ion Vlad. For this encyclopedia CRwrote the entry on ROMANIA and contributed ideas to that on SENSE OF WONDER.

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