Education
He attended the Israelite Community High School in Galați, graduating in 1929, and the literature and philosophy faculty of Bucharest University, which he completed in 1932.
He attended the Israelite Community High School in Galați, graduating in 1929, and the literature and philosophy faculty of Bucharest University, which he completed in 1932.
He was a Latin teacher (1932-1941), a bureaucrat within the Arts Ministry (1945-1948), president of the culture committee in Bucharest"s Sector 1, and held various positions within the Romanian Writers" Union. His literary debut was the 1936 radio drama Marinarul smirniot. His first success was Omul din Ceatal, written in 1943 and staged in 1947.
Other plays included Minerii (1949, Cetatea de foc (1950), Horia (1955), Ochii dragi ai bunicului (1970), Străbunul (1971), Platforma magică (1973), Cele trei Marii din vale, Noi, cei din vale, Din pragul veșniciei (1983) and Suflete în furtună (1986).