Demostene Botez

After seeing frontline action during World War I, he published the short poetry book Munții (1918), which was prefaced by Garabet Ibrăileanu and received the Romanian Academy's Adamache literary prize.

The poems from his early books (Floarea pământului, 1920; Povestea omului, 1922; Zilele vieții, 1927; Cuvinte de dincolo, 1934; Pământ și om, 1942) combine idyllic, traditionalist touches with psychic states and Symbolist motifs.

[2] After the rise of the communist regime, his themes fit the new authorities' line (Oameni în lumină, 1956; Bucuria tinereții, 1957; Carnet, 1961).

[1] His 1956 poetry book Curcubeu peste Dunăre reflected on Romanian-Bulgarian friendship,[1][3] and the 1958 Prin ani included additional poems about Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia.

[1][3] As a senior cultural figure, he was able to publish his late-1920s impressions of Marseille in a French review, and the verses in Carnet were inspired by a trip to Paris.