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Barbu (name)
Barbu is a male Romanian given name or a surname; of obscure origin, it may derive from either the word ''barbă'' ("beard") or serve as the masculine form of ''Barbara''.Alexandru Graur, ''Nume de persoane'', p. 53. Bucharest: Editura științifică, 1965. As a given name *Barbu Alinescu (1890–1952), Romanian general in World War II *Barbu Bellu (1825 – 1900), Romanian baron and politician *Barbu Brezianu (1909 – 2008), Romanian poet, art critic, art historian and judge *Barbu Catargiu (1807 – 1862), Romanian politician and journalist *Banul Mărăcine, Barbu III Craiovescu (d. 1565), de facto List of rulers of Wallachia, Prince of Wallachia *Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea (1858 – 1918), Romanian dramatist and poet *Benjamin Fondane, Barbu Fundoianu (1898 – 1944), Romanian and French poet-philosopher *Barbu Iscovescu (1816 – 1851), Romanian painter and revolutionary *Barbu Lăzăreanu (1881 – 1957), Romanian literary historian, bibliographer and left-wing activis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbu Nemțeanu
Barbu Nemțeanu (pen name of Benjamin Deutsch; October 1, 1887Ionescu (2013, I), p. 31 – May 30, 1919) was a Romanian poet, humorist and translator, active on the modernist wing of the Symbolist movement in Romania, Romanian Symbolist movement. Of Romanian Jews, Jewish Romanian background, he lived much of his life in the port city of Galați, which provided him with poetic inspiration, but whose provincial life sparked in him intellectual revolt. Orphaned and leaving school at an early age, then diagnosed with tuberculosis, he found meager employment as a clerk, but, throughout, maintained confidence in his poetic genius. Nemțeanu's Symbolism blended with socialism, but also with a lasting admiration for his adoptive Romanian culture, allowing him to publish pseudonymous work in traditionalist-antisemitic reviews such as ''Neamul Românesc''. He was also one of the Symbolists who frequented the ''Convorbiri Critice'' circle, becoming personal friends with its leader, Mihail Dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Barbu
Gheorghe Barbu (born November 3, 1951) is a Romanian politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), he represented Hunedoara County in the Chamber of Deputies from 2000 to 2008, and served as Labor Minister in the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet from 2004 to 2007. Biography Born in Strei village, Călan, Hunedoara County, he graduated in 1975 from the Metallurgy faculty of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, and in 1977 completed post-graduate studies in economic engineering at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. He was an engineer at the Brașov tractor factory (1975-1981), at the Deva mining institute (1981-1986) and at the Deva spare parts and repair firm (1987-1996).Curriculum vitae at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site; accessed February 13, 2013 Barbu is married and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelu Barbu
Gelu Barbu (; 14 April 1932 – 17 February 2016) was a Romanian-born Spanish ballet dancer and choreographer. Life Barbu was born in Lugoj, the son of composer Filaret Barbu. He received his basic training at the ballet school of the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest, Romanian National Opera in Bucharest, where he was taught by Anton Romanovski and Floria Capsali. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbu, Gelu 1932 births 2016 deaths People from Lugoj Romanian male ballet dancers Romanian emigrants to Spain Knights of the Order of the Star of Romania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Barbu
Florin Barbu (born 6 April 1974 in Sibiu, Romania) is a bass player. Florin played in Romanian bands Arca, Timpuri Noi, Proconsul, Blazzaj, Partizan and Cargo. Florin Barbu was awarded with Cultural Merit Order, as Knight. In 2017 he became Honorary Citizen of Timișoara. Biography Barbu started playing bass guitar at the age of 14 after he loaned his bike to a neighbour who had a bass guitar. He arrived in Timișoara at the medicine school, but after 3 years he dropped out to pursue music. In 1994 he joined the band Arca from Timișoara solely because there were no other bass guitarists available. His skills were not as developed as those of the other Arca members, but he studied hard in order not to be kicked out from the band. Two years later he received "The best Romanian bass guitarist of the year" award from the magazines "Vox Pop Rock" and "Panoramic". In 1996, with his friend Eddie Neumann, he started a project called FunkinLeFree which in 1998 was renamed Blazzaj. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filaret Barbu
Filaret Barbu (April 16, 1903 – May 31, 1984) was a Romanian operetta composer. Life Filaret Barbu was the son of Iosif Hazi Barbu, a pork butcher, and Ema Barbu (''née'' Dragoș). During his childhood he often heard traditional Romanian lăutari and taraf bands in his grandfather's inn. He went to school in Lugoj and Caransebeș. He studied the violin and the counterpoint at the New Vienna Conservatory during 1922—1926. Back in Romania, he became a music teacher at "Coriolan Brediceanu" High School in Lugoj and the conductor of "Ion Vidu" choir, which he founded in 1922. In 1931, after the death of Ion Vidu, he became the leader of the local choir "Reuniunea română de muzică și cântări". His debut work was the 1924 vaudeville ''Privighetoarea albă'' (''The White Nightingale''). He also wrote a monographic study dedicated to tenor Traian Grozăvescu and a collection of choir songs titled ''Portativ bănățean'' (''The Banat Staff''). He died in 1984 in Timișoara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Barbu
Eugen Barbu (; 20 February 1924 – 7 September 1993) was a Romanian modern novelist, short story writer, journalist, and correspondent member of the Romanian Academy. The latter position was vehemently criticized by those who contended that he plagiarized in his novel ''Incognito'' and for the anti-Semitic campaigns he initiated in the newspapers '' Săptămâna'' and ''România Mare'' which he founded and led. He also founded, alongside his disciple Corneliu Vadim Tudor, the nationalist Greater Romania Party (PRM). His most famous writings are the novels ''Groapa'' (1957) and ''Principele'' (1969).Călin Barbu's prose, in which the influence of neorealism has been noted, drew comparison to the works of Mateiu Caragiale, Tudor Arghezi, and Curzio Malaparte. It was however, considered unequal by several critics, who took into measure Barbu's preference for archaisms, as well as his fluctuating narrative style. Barbu also wrote several film scripts, some of which were fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Barbu
Daniel-Constantin Barbu (born 21 May 1957) is a Romanian Political science, political scientist, publisher, essayist, journalist, and professor at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Political Science. The head of the Research Institute at the University of Bucharest, and former dean of the Faculty, he was also director of ''Realitatea Românească'', a daily newspaper, in 1991–1992. Barbu worked as a State Adviser for President Emil Constantinescu between 1997 and 1999. He is the author as of June 2007 of eight books and many more articles on political science, and a contributor to the magazine ''Sfera Politicii''. He is also a member of the Romanian Senate from Bucharest and former Minister of Culture. Biography Early years Barbu was born in Bucharest, and graduated from the Nicolae Bălcescu High School (the present-day Saint Sava National College) in 1976. In 1976, the Union of Communist Youth, official youth organization in Communist Romania, refused to grant him per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Barbu
Constantin "Jean" Barbu (born 16 May 1971) is a Romanian retired professional association football, footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Galaţi, Galați County, Barbu started his professional career with FC Argeş Piteşti, helping it achieve promotion from the Liga II, second division in 1994 while scoring 89 goals during his seven-season spell (safe for a short spell with South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings). Midway through 1998–99 Divizia A, 1998–99, Barbu signed with FC Rapid București, helping the Bucharest, capital club to the Liga I title with eight goals in only 11 matches. He was also crowned the competition's top scorer 1997–98 Divizia A, the previous campaign with 21 for Argeş Piteşti, despite missing several games due to his time in Asia. For 1999–2000 La Liga, 1999–2000, Barbu moved to Spain and joined La Liga strugglers CD Numancia. He netted six times during that season, helping the Soria side barely avoid r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Barbu
Alexandru Barbu (born 8 March 1987) is a Romanian alpine skier. He competed for Romania at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics, in the slalom and giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t .... References 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Sibiu Romanian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Romania Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics {{Romania-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbu Vlădoianu fish from the West Atlantic
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Barbu may refer to: People * Barbu (name), a list of people with the name and surname ''Barbu'' * Alejandro Barbudo Lorenzo, nicknamed ''Barbu'', Spanish footballer Places * Barbu, Iran, a village in the Bushehr Province of Iran * Barbu, Norway, a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway * Barbu Church, a church in the city of Arendal in Norway Other * Barbu (card game), a card game originating in France * Barbu (''Polydactylus virginicus''), a species of threadfin Threadfins are silvery grey perciform fish of the family Polynemidae. Found in tropical to subtropical waters throughout the world, the threadfin family contains eight genera and about 40 species. An unrelated species sometimes known by the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania ( ro, Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed in Romania from 13 March ( O.S.) / 25 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I of Romania and the Romanian parliament's proclamation of the Romanian People's Republic. From 1859 to 1877, Romania evolved from a personal union of two vassal principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia) under a single prince to an autonomous principality with a Hohenzollern monarchy. The country gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire during the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War (known locally as the Romanian War of Independence), when it also received Northern Dobruja in exchange for the southern part of Bessarabia. The kingdom's territory during the reign of King Carol I, between 13 ( O.S.) / 25 March 1881 and 27 September ( O.S.) / 10 October 1914 is sometimes referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
