Career
His first poem was published in Contemporanul (1890). Notable poems, many of which were in collaboration with Ștefan Octavian Iosif, include Legenda funigeilor (dramatic poem, 1907), Cometa (comedy, 1908), Caleidoscopul lui A. Mirea (1908), Carmen saeculare (historical poem, 1909), published in 1910, Cireşul lui Lucullus (proză). Around 1911 later in life he developed an interest in prose and published Povestea celor necăjiţi (1911), Fantome (1911), Oglinda fermecată (1912), Triumful vieţii (1912) and Steluţa (1913).
In the autumn of 1914, during a quarrel, Anghel fired a warning shot at Negru, lightly wounding her.
Believing he had killed her, he shot himself in the chest. The resulting wound became infected, and he died of septicemia two weeks later.