Barbu Solacolu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Barbu Solacolu

Romanian poet, translator, civil servant and social scientist

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1897

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1976

Profession: poet, economist, translator, literary critic

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Barbu Solacolu (March 18, 1897 – October 30, 1976) was a Romanian poet, translator, civil servant and social scientist.
A late affiliate of the Symbolist movement, he brought to it his leftist sympathies and agrarianism.
He was a decorated cavalry commander in World War I, then a prominent civil servant and leading member of the Agrarian Union Party, noted in local academia for his essays on Revisionist Marxism.
During World War II, he presided upon the National Association of Chemical Industries.
In old age, Solacolu was primarily a memorist and translator from William Shakespeare.