 In parallel, he himself became a representative of literary and artistic Symbolism, and supposedly maintained contacts with authors such as Joris-Karl Huysmans, Maurice Maeterlinck, Octave Mirbeau, Jean Moréas, and Paul Verlaine.Another influence on him was the occultist and novelist Joséphin Péladan, whose Rosicrucian salon he attended several times.Bogdan-Pitești debuted as a writer and political essayist.