 Reportedly, he was among the privileged members of this club—that is, those whose opinions were treasured by its leader Eugen Lovinescu; according to literary historian Ovid Crohmălniceanu, he assumed the task of popularizing the anti-traditionalist and "Sburătorist" ideology with an intensity matched only by critics Vladimir Streinu and Pompiliu Constantinescu.A similar verdict comes from one of Lovinescu's contemporaries and rivals, the literary historian George Călinescu