Comments about Heliade and his Bucharest statue feature prominently in Macedonski's short story "Nicu Dereanu", whose main character, a daydreaming Bohemian, idolizes the Wallachian writer. "Sburătorul", a modernist literary magazine of the interwar period, edited by Eugen Lovinescu, owed its name to "Zburătorul", making use of an antiquated variant of the name (a form favored by Heliade). During the same years, Camil Petrescu made reference to Heliade in his novel "Un om între oameni", which depicts events from Nicolae Bălcescu's lifetime.