Mircea Cartarescu: Mircea Cartarescu. Writer: Viata de câine. Mircea Cartarescu was born on 1 June 1956 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a writer and actor, known for Viata de câine (1998), Poezia (2020) and De ce ma cheama Nora, cand cerul meu e senin (2023).