In 1917, during World War I, he graduated from the Military Reserve Officers' School in Bucharest, going on to participate in the Battle of Mărăști as part of the 2nd Army under Alexandru Averescu.
[1] Between 1917 and 1921, he recuperated at Bârlad, working together with Alexandru Vlahuță and George Tutoveanu, becoming a member of Academia Bârlădeană and making his debut with verses in Florile Dalbe.
He joined the Romanian Writers' Society (SSR) in 1922, and in 1925 graduated from the Literature and Philosophy Faculty of the University of Bucharest, magna cum laude.
[1] In February 1926, he began editing Viața Literară, which appeared almost continuously until June 1941 in 322 issues, promoting important figures in the country's cultural and literary life, as well as helping to launch the careers of younger writers.
[1] During World War II, from 1941 to 1944, he headed a department in the press section of the Ministry of National Propaganda; he was also promoted to a leadership function within the SSR.