Eugeniu Botez

Eugeniu Botez (Romanian pronunciation: [e.uˈdʒenju boˈtez]; 28 November 1874 – 12 May 1933), who also wrote under the pseudonym Jean Bart, was a Romanian writer, best known for his novel Europolis (1933).

He was born Burdujeni [ro], at the time a village in Botoșani County, now a neighborhood of the city of Suceava.

[1] At age 4 he moved with his family to Iași; in elementary school he had as teacher Ion Creangă.

Botez had three children: Călin-Adam (born in 1909), Stroe-Eugen (1912) and Ada (1918).

Mania retained her husband's name, becoming known as the pianist Manya Botez.