Translator, writer, theatre director and mayor of Iasi. He spent several years in Chisinau, where, in 1821, he also met the poet A.S.Pushkin, who was in exile. The Russian poet awakened his early interest in world literature. His first literary essays date from this period: “My Stanzas from Bessarabia in 1821-1822”.
He translates the verses of Russian poets and French writers. He was one of the leaders of the cultural movement, together with Mihail Kogalniceanu, collaborating with the magazines “Dacia literară” (1840) and “Propășirea” (1844).
Later he took over the direction of the National Theatre of Iași, together with V. Alecsandri and M. Kogălniceanu. He is particularly noted for his novel “Alexandru Lăpușneanul” and the work “Scrisorile”.
Having become a follower of the reign of the lordship, it is explainable that he did not participate in the revolution of 1848 and the Union of the Principalities of 1859. He knew 6 foreign languages. A high school and a street in Chisinau bear his name.