Born in Manastireni – Poenari, from Botosani County, Anton Achitei never ceased to feed from the sap of the earth that moulded him and then gave him back, through his songs, to the whole world. Son of common peasants, Vasile and Anica of Manastireni, who brought to life and strained to raise six children, Anton Achitei always had his role model in his father, who was good at everything.