Born in Turceni, Gorj County, he attended primary school in his native village.
After two years at the Gheorghe Chițu school in the same city, he studied agriculture at the University of Hohenheim.
He published epigrams, tales and translations of Guy de Maupassant and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Together with Dumitru Tomescu and Constantin Șaban Făgețel, he took part in founding Ramuri magazine.
His contributions appeared in Cele trei Crișuri, Cosânzeana, Neamul Românesc, Viață literară, Ilustrațiunea română, Facla and Arhivele Olteniei.