▁ 8 0 th ▁birth day . ▁Report edly , ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁first ▁rev iewer ▁of ▁Bar bu ' s ▁other ▁novel , ▁Prince pe le , ▁which ▁he ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁master pie ce . ▁ ▁Despite ▁being ▁left - wing ▁and ▁Jewish , ▁Cro hm ă ln ice anu ▁discovered ▁that ▁he ▁liked ▁the ▁poetry ▁of ▁both ▁C rain ic ▁and ▁Cre v edia , ▁and ▁made ▁efforts ▁to ▁have ▁it ▁revis ited ; ▁as ▁he ▁rec ount s , ▁these ▁were ▁received ▁with ▁ind ignation ▁by ▁the ▁commun ist ▁poet ▁Eugen ▁J eb ele anu , ▁who ▁called ▁Cre v edia ▁a ▁" ho ol igan ". ▁Cre v edia ▁himself ▁was ▁moved ▁by ▁Cro hm ă ln ice anu ' s ▁work , ▁and ▁the ▁two , ▁later ▁joined ▁by ▁C rain ic , ▁had ▁cord ial ▁meet ings ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁Before ▁his ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁death , ▁Cre v edia ▁put ▁out ▁the ▁anth ology ▁Ep ig ram i ști ▁rom â ni ▁de ▁i eri ▁și ▁de ▁a zi ▁(" R oman ian ▁Ep ig ram mat ists ▁Past ▁and ▁Pres ent ", ▁ 1 9 7 5 ) ▁and ▁included ▁his ▁previously ▁un pub lished ▁vers es ▁in ▁Vin ul ▁să lb atic ▁(" W ild ▁W ine ", ▁ 1 9 7 7 ). ▁ ▁Cre v edia ▁was ▁surv ived ▁by ▁Bar bu ▁and ▁his ▁two ▁half -