Romanian poet and novelist whose early poems, Inscripţii (1916), showed the influence of Charles Baudelaire. Among his prose works the novel Zâna din fundul lacului (1912; “The Fairy at the Bottom of the Lake”) was an exercise in symbolism, and Vioara mută (1928; “The Muted Violin”), in social psychology. In the epic Cântecul omului (1928–37; “The Song of Man”), he aimed at re-creating world history. Two collections of his literary criticism were published posthumously: Aspecte şi direƈtii literare (1975; “Literary Conventions and Directions”) and Poezii, teatru, proză (1977; “Poetry, Drama, Prose”).