Petre Locusteanu (; 1883 – March 1919) was a Romanian journalist and humorist. He was born in Bucharest. Locusteanu was hired to work at the , but proved unsuccessful as an actor, which pushed him toward a career as a journalist. At '' Flacăra'', he was editor and drama columnist from 1911 to 1914, assisted by

Ion Pillat Ion Pillat (31 March 1891 – 17 April 1945) was a distinguished Romanian poet. He is best known for his volume ''Pe Argeș în sus'' (''Upstream on the Argeș'') and ''Poeme într-un vers'' (''One-line poems''). His maternal grandfather wa ...

. In 1916, he edited his own bimonthly magazine, ''Ziarul meu''; from 1917 to 1918, in the temporary World War I national capital of

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

, he administered ''România'' newspaper. His first published work was the 1910 farce ''Nevasta lui Cerceluș''. This was followed by brief biographies and humorous sketches, collected as ''Cincizeci figuri contimporane'' (1913) and ''Suntem nebuni'' (1914). His legacy among prose humorists is modest, faring poorly in comparison with other writers of the prewar period, such as

I. A. Bassarabescu Ioan Alecu Bassarabescu (commonly rendered I. A. Bassarabescu; December 17, 1870 - March 27, 1952) was a Romanian comedic writer, civil servant and politician, who served one term (1926–1927) in the Senate of Romania. His work, mainly in prose ...

, D. D. Pătrășcanu,

Alexandru Cazaban Alexandru Cazaban (October 6, 1872–May 24, 1966) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Iași to François Cazaban, who was of French origin, he graduated from the city's National College in 1895, following which he entered an architecture ...

and .Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', vol. II, p. 504. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. He committed suicide in 1919. Constantin Ciopraga, ''Mihail Sadoveanu'', p. 88. Bucharest: Editura Meridiane, 1966

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