Simion Stolnicu

Born in Puchenii-Moșneni, Prahova County, his parents were Al. Botez, a Căile Ferate Române clerk, and his wife Ecaterina (née Ionescu).

He then went to Saint Sava National College in Bucharest from 1918 to 1925, privately taking the final years of high school at Câmpina.

[1] He made his literary debut in 1924, with poems published in the Cluj magazine Cosânzeana under the name Al.

Other publications that ran his work include Bilete de Papagal, Kalende, Vremea, Ulise, Abecedar, Azi, Revista Fundațiilor Regale and Universul literar.

The posthumous Șerpuiri între lut și torțele de aur (1973), aside from older poems, includes verses from 1935 to 1966.