[1] The upper Mureș region, centered at Toplița, had been part of Moldavia before being annexed by the Habsburg monarchy in 1775, and Ion would remind his son that the family was of Moldavian origin.

[4] From 1898 to 1902, he studied at the Literature and Philosophy faculties of the University of Bucharest, and his professors included Titu Maiorescu, Nicolae Iorga, Ovid Densusianu, and Simion Mehedinți.

The following year, he became head editor at the magazine, which due to his initiative emerged as a voice for younger writers, in particular Goga, then reaching the peak of his creativity.

On June 17, 1906, the couple married, and that year, he moved the Luceafărul headquarters from Budapest to Sibiu, the first issue appearing there in October.

Also that autumn, he became administrative secretary of ASTRA,[9] as well as signing a contract stipulating Goga would be director of Luceafărul and Tăslăuanu editor-in-chief.

[10] By 1907, the magazine was thriving in Sibiu, and Tăslăuanu became among the first journalists to write about Constantin Brâncuși, realizing the value of the latter's artistic output and going on to print a number of images depicting his sculptures.

[13] He subsequently deserted and, following Romania's entry into the war in 1916 on the side of the Allies, he enrolled in the Romanian Land Forces as a volunteer.

Also elected vice president of the Romanian Writers' Society, he moved Luceafărul to Bucharest and founded a publishing house in Cluj.

His interest in economics continued after leaving office and into the Great Depression; ideologically, his views fell into the classical liberal camp.

Meanwhile, he published a series of books between 1924 and 1939: on politics, economics, the national movement in Transylvania, reflections on the Luceafărul era,[18] and finally, in 1939, his last important work appeared, presenting his memories of the recently deceased Goga.