ized ▁as ▁a ▁tele phone ▁operator ▁at ▁the ▁mayor ' s ▁office ▁in ▁Cre v edia ▁Mare . ▁Not or iously ▁phil and ering ▁into ▁his ▁old ▁age , ▁Cre v edia ▁bo asted ▁that ▁his ▁first ▁sexual ▁enc oun ters ▁were ▁war ▁wid ows . ▁Upon ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁war , ▁he ▁walked ▁to ▁Buch ar est , ▁the ▁national ▁capital , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁complete ▁his ▁education . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 3 – 1 9 2 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁cl erk ▁at ▁the ▁War ▁Ministry , ▁making ▁his ▁published ▁debut ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁Cult ul ▁E ro ilor ▁No ș tri . ▁Cre v edia ▁graduated ▁from ▁Saint ▁S ava ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁and ▁then ▁purs ued ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁S lav ic ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Buch ar est . ▁Although ▁he ▁learned ▁Latin ▁and ▁the ▁rud iments ▁of ▁Bulgar ian , ▁he ▁never ▁in ▁fact ▁took ▁his ▁degree . ▁He ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁soci ological ▁research ▁teams ▁led ▁by ▁Dim it rie ▁Gust i ▁and ▁worked ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁as ▁a ▁substitute ▁teacher , ▁then ▁as ▁a ▁private ▁t utor . ▁ ▁Mov ing ▁between ▁r ented ▁apart ments , ▁Cre v edia ▁had ▁a ▁sexual ▁relationship ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁land lad ies , ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁son , ▁the ▁future ▁novel ist ▁Eugen ▁Bar bu . ▁According ▁to ▁e y ew it ness es , ▁father ▁and