Editing Tudor Arghezi (section)

===Early 1910s===
He returned to Romania in 1910, and published works in ''[[Viața Românească]]'', ''Teatru'', ''Rampa'', and [[N. D. Cocea]]'s ''[[Facla]]'' and ''[[Viața Socială]]'', as well as editing the magazine ''Cronica'' in collaboration with Galaction; his output was prolific, and a flurry of lyrics, political [[pamphlet]]s and polemical articles gained him a good measure of notoriety among the theatrical, political and literary circles of the day.<ref>Vianu, p.479–482</ref> Cocea contributed to his early fame by publishing one of Arghezi's first influential poems, ''Rugă de seară'' ("Evening Prayer").<ref>Vianu, p.479–480</ref>

During the period, Arghezi also became a prominent art critic, and engaged in the defense of [[Ștefan Luchian]], a painter who was suffering from [[multiple sclerosis]] and was facing charges of [[fraud]] (based on the suspicion that he could no longer paint, and had allowed his name to be signed to other people's works).<ref>Arghezi, ''Din zilele lui Luchian'', in ''Scrieri'', pp. 617, 620–621</ref>

He became a regular presence at the Bucharest [[Kübler Café]], where a [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]] circle of artists and intellectuals was being formed — it included the writers [[Ion Minulescu]], [[Liviu Rebreanu]], [[Eugen Lovinescu]], [[Victor Eftimiu]], [[Mihail Sorbul]] and [[Corneliu Moldovanu]], as well as the painters [[Iosif Iser]], [[Alexandru Satmari]], [[Jean Alexandru Steriadi]], the composer [[Alfons Castaldi]], and the art collector [[Krikor Zambaccian]].<ref name="Zambaccian, Chapter VII">Zambaccian, Chapter VII</ref> According to Zambaccian, Arghezi was more rarely seen at Bucharest's other major literary venue, [[Casa Capșa]].<ref name="Zambaccian, Chapter VII"/> By that time, he was also an associate of the controversial political figure and art patron [[Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești]], and, with Galaction, Cocea, Minulescu, [[Adrian Maniu]] and various visual artists, he regularly attended a circle hosted by Bogdan-Pitești on Știrbey-Vodă, nearby the [[Cișmigiu Gardens]].<ref name="Zambaccian, Chapter VIII">Zambaccian, Chapter VIII</ref> He authored a small poem in honor of Bogdan-Pitești.<ref name="Zambaccian, Chapter VIII"/>

After the outbreak of [[World War I]], Arghezi wrote against the political camp led by the [[National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875)|National Liberals]] and the group around [[Take Ionescu]], both of whom aimed to have Romania enter the conflict on the side of the [[Allies of World War I|Entente]] (as an attempt the conquer [[Transylvania]] from [[Austria-Hungary]]); instead, he was a supporter of [[Bessarabia]]'s union with the [[Romanian Old Kingdom]], and resented the implicit alliance with [[Imperial Russia]].<ref>Zbuchea</ref> In 1915, he wrote:
<blockquote>''"A barbaric war. Once upon a time, we had pledged our duty to fight against the arming of civilized states. With every newborn baby, the quantity of explosive matter destined to suppress him was also being created. As progress and «rational outlook» were being viewed as calamities, arms and ammunitions factories were increasing the shell storages, were fabricating the artillery used in extermination."''<ref>Arghezi, "Barbarie", 1915, in ''Scrieri'', p.110</ref></blockquote>