place_of_birth cezar petrescu
___MASK21___ is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe . It borders the Black Sea , Bulgaria , ___MASK12___ , Hungary , Serbia , and ___MASK71___ . It has an area of and a temperate - continental climate . With 19 . 94 million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU . ___MASK96___ ( or "", Romanian Cyrillic alphabet : ) is a historical region , and former principality in Eastern Europe , corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river . An initially independent and later autonomous state , it existed from the 14th century to 1859 , when it united with ___MASK69___ as the basis ___MASK47___ the modern Romanian state ; at various times , ___MASK96___ included the regions ___MASK47___ ___MASK11___ ( with the Budjak ) and all ___MASK47___ Bukovina . ___MASK17___ ( also referred to as Jassy or Iassy ) is the largest city in eastern Romania and the seat of ___MASK17___ County . Located in the historical region of Moldavia , ___MASK17___ has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social , cultural , academic and artistic life . The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859 , then of the United Principalities from 1859 to 1862 , and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918 . Gras de ___MASK48___ is a Romanian wine variety associated with the ___MASK48___ wine region , in ___MASK17___ County ( historical region of Moldavia ), where it has been grown ever since the rule of Prince Stephen the Great ( 1457  1504 ). Cezar Petrescu ( Romanian pronunciation : ( t  ezar petresku ) ; December 1 , 1892 , ___MASK48___ , Iai County -- March 9 , 1961 ) was a Romanian journalist , novelist and children ' s writer . He was inspired by the works ___MASK47___ Honoré de Balzac , attempting to write a Romanian novel cycle that would mirror Balzac ' s La Comédie humaine . He was also under the influence ___MASK47___ the Smntorul critique ___MASK47___ Romanian society . As a journalist , Cezar Petrescu made himself known as one ___MASK47___ the editors ___MASK47___ the magazine Gândirea , alongside Nichifor Crainic and Lucian Blaga . For a long time , he was a member ___MASK47___ the National Peasants ' Party , and wrote extensively for its press , especially for Aurora . His major work consists ___MASK47___ novels such as Întunecare ( `` Darkening '' ; 1928 ) , Calea Victoriei ( the name ___MASK47___ a Bucharest avenue ; 1930 ) , Dumenica orbului ( `` The Blind Man ' s Sunday '' ; 1934 ) , and Noi vrem pmânt ( `` We Demand Land '' ; 1938 ) . Notwithstanding his prolific output as a novelist , Petrescu is mostly remembered for his children ' s book Fram , ursul polar ( `` Fram , the polar bear '' -- the circus animal character was named after Fram , the ship used by Fridtjof Nansen on his expeditions ) . He is buried in Bellu cemetery , in Bucharest . ___MASK17___ is a county ( jude ) of Romania , in Moldavia , with the administrative seat at ___MASK17___ . It is the most populous county in Romania , after the Municipality of Bucharest ( which has the same administrative level as that of a county ). ___MASK48___ is a village and the ___MASK36___ of the eponymous commune in ___MASK17___ County , Romania , in the historical region of Moldavia . It is located north - west of ___MASK17___ and south of Hârlu , in a major wine - producing region of Romania , and is famous for the wine variety known as " Gras de ___MASK48___ ". Cârjoaia , the forest of Dumbrava Roie , and other sites in ___MASK48___ are regional tourist spots . Hârlu ( also spelled " Hîrlu ", ) is a town in ___MASK17___ County , Moldavia , Romania . the estimated population is 11 , 271 . It was the capital city of Moldova in the 15th century . One village , Pârcovaci , is administered by the town .