s ister s . ▁D iana ▁Cre v edia , ▁married ▁Cr iste v , ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁Roman ian ▁Liter ature ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁editor ▁of ▁Man us cript um . ▁A ▁transl ator ▁of ▁works ▁by ▁her ▁more ▁famous ▁writer ▁brother , ▁she ▁later ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁Italy . ▁Well ▁regarded ▁by ▁the ▁Ce au ș es cu ▁regime , ▁Bar bu ▁remained ▁active ▁at ▁the ▁fore front ▁of ▁Roman ian ▁politics ▁and ▁literature ▁through ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Revolution . ▁A ▁subset ▁of ▁Pro to chron ist ▁ide ology , ▁his ▁cell ▁of ▁pro - C eau ș es cu ▁writers ▁was ▁sometimes ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" Bar bu ▁Group ", ▁with ▁Bar bu ▁himself ▁co - opt ed ▁on ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁Central ▁Committee ; ▁however , ▁his ▁reputation ▁as ▁an ▁author ▁suffered ▁after ▁revel ations ▁of ▁pl ag iar ism , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁s idel ined ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁As ▁editor ▁of ▁S ă pt ă m î na , ▁he ▁cultiv ated ▁poet ▁Corn eli u ▁V ad im ▁T ud or , ▁famous ▁for ▁introdu cing ▁ant is emit ic ▁them es ▁to ▁the ▁national - comm un ist ▁disc ourse . ▁Following ▁the ▁Revolution , ▁Bar bu , ▁T ud or ▁and ▁I os if ▁Constantin ▁Dr ă gan ▁set ▁up ▁an ▁ult ra - n ational ist ▁Gre ater ▁Roman ia ▁Party . ▁ ▁Work ▁ ▁Po etry ▁From ▁early