Romanian poet, novelist, and diplomat. He wrote a cycle of five novels based on an
aristocratic family, Viata la tara 1895, Tanase Scatiu 1896, In razboi 1898,
Indreptari 1902, and Anna 1910. His posting to Italy as a diplomat had a lasting
effect, and is reflected in the neoclassical style of the poems in Alte orizonturi
1894. He was later appointed Romanian foreign minister.