Born in Domnești, Vrancea County, his parents were the farmers Ion Pop and Ecaterina (née Rareș).
An autodidact, he then became an English and gym teacher at the Constanța Naval Institute.
His work appeared in Sămănătorul, Făt-Frumos and Luceafărul, and he sometimes signed as Acadin, Gh.
He authored the prose volumes Din ocna vieții (1902), Râs și plâns (1906), Povești hazlii (1908) and Din viața speluncelor (1923), while his novels included Domnița Viorica (1905), Americana îndrăgostită (1920), Cuceritorul de inimi (1921) and Vândută de propria-i mamă (1922).
Sensationalist in character, these were marked by melodramatic endings and a strikingly poor aesthetic taste.