query: place_of_birth cezar petrescu
supports: Iai is a county (jude) of Romania, in Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iai. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a county). Cezar Petrescu ( Romanian pronunciation : ( tezar petresku ) ; December 1 , 1892 , Cotnari , Iai County -- March 9 , 1961 ) was a Romanian journalist , novelist and children 's writer . He was inspired by the works of Honoré de Balzac , attempting to write a Romanian novel cycle that would mirror Balzac 's La Comédie humaine . He was also under the influence of the Smntorul critique of Romanian society . As a journalist , Cezar Petrescu made himself known as one of the editors of the magazine Gândirea , alongside Nichifor Crainic and Lucian Blaga . For a long time , he was a member of the National Peasants ' Party , and wrote extensively for its press , especially for Aurora . His major work consists of novels such as Întunecare ( `` Darkening '' ; 1928 ) , Calea Victoriei ( the name of a Bucharest avenue ; 1930 ) , Dumenica orbului ( `` The Blind Man 's Sunday '' ; 1934 ) , and Noi vrem pmânt ( `` We Demand Land '' ; 1938 ) . Notwithstanding his prolific output as a novelist , Petrescu is mostly remembered for his children 's book Fram , ursul polar ( `` Fram , the polar bear '' -- the circus animal character was named after Fram , the ship used by Fridtjof Nansen on his expeditions ) . He is buried in Bellu cemetery , in Bucharest . Cotnari is a village and the center of the eponymous commune in Iai County, Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia. It is located north-west of Iai and south of Hârlu, in a major wine-producing region of Romania, and is famous for the wine variety known as "Gras de Cotnari". Cârjoaia, the forest of Dumbrava Roie, and other sites in Cotnari are regional tourist spots. Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has an area of and a temperate-continental climate. With 19.94 million inhabitants, the country is the seventh-most-populous member state of the European Union. The capital and largest city, Bucharest, with its 1,883,425 inhabitants is the sixth-largest city in the EU. Hârlu (also spelled "Hîrlu",  ) is a town in Iai County, Moldavia, Romania. the estimated population is 11,271. It was the capital city of Moldova in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town. Iai (also referred to as Jassy or Iassy) is the largest city in eastern Romania and the seat of Iai County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, Iai has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, then of the United Principalities from 1859 to 1862, and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918. Gras de Cotnari is a Romanian wine variety associated with the Cotnari wine region, in Iai County (historical region of Moldavia), where it has been grown ever since the rule of Prince Stephen the Great (14571504).  Moldavia (or "", Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical region, and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river. An initially independent and later autonomous state, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia as the basis of the modern Romanian state; at various times, Moldavia included the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak) and all of Bukovina. 
candidates: bucharest bulgaria capital city cotnari forest hungary iași moldavia moldova most romania serbia wallachia
answer: iași