 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muIași, vabereki vake vaive Gheorghe Nădejde nemukadzi wake Ecaterina née Băncilă; aive muzukuru waIoan naSofia Nădejde, pamwe naOctav Băncilă. Mwana wechipiri wevaviri ava, akatanga dzidzo yake kumba achitarisirwa nemukoma wake, uye akadzidziswa pachivande kusvika apedza chikoro chesekondari muna 1907. Kunyange zvazvo akanga aratidza kufarira mabhuku, akapinda muchikoro chezvesayenzi cheYunivhesiti yeIasi, akakwezva nhengo dzechikoro dzakakurumbira dzaisanganisira Paul Bujor naIon Th. Simionescu. Akapedza kudzidza muna 1911, uye muna 1914, akazova mudzidzisi wesainzi pachikoro chepamusoro chevasikana cheOltea Doamna muIași. Muna 1913, munununa wake, murapi wehondo muHondo yechipiri yeBalkan, vakanga vanyura netsaona, vachitumira mai vavo kunetseka. Kubvira panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi aida kutarisirwa nokushingaira, uko Camelia akatora, achidzivisa basa rinobvira reyunivhesiti. Muna 1916, nokukurumidza pashure pokunge Romania yapinda muHondo Yenyika I, mukomana wake akaendeswa mberi, uko akaurayiwa; akasarudza kuramba asina kuroora pashure pacho, pasinei norunako rwake rwekare. Zvisinei, akambobatanidzwa kwenguva pfupi nemunyori George Topîrceanu, uye aiziva Garabet Ibrăileanu naMihail Sadoveanu. 