He attended school in his native city, followed by the law faculty of the University of Bucharest from 1891 to 1895, and received his doctorate in 1897.
He began a legal career in 1899.
Meanwhile, he had made his literary debut with poems in Biblioteca familiei, in 1891.
He began to attract notice with his writings in Literatorul, where he began publishing in 1892.
That year, he became its editor-in-chief, and took on the role of co-director in 1893.
He was editor-in-chief of Convorbiri critice (1907-1908), and formed part of the leadership at Falanga literara from 1910.