George Mihail Zamfirescu

George Mihail Zamfirescu (born Gheorghe Petre Mihai; 13 October 1898 – 8 August 1939) was a Romanian prose writer and playwright.

He was born in Bucharest, the son of Petre Mihai, a drayman, and his wife Lina (Raluca) Costache. Between 1905 and 1916, he attended primary school and six grades at Cantemir High School. From 1917 to 1918, he went to a Botoșani school for training reserve officers, and saw action in World War I in 1918. That year, he made his literary debut with the poem "Versurile mele" in Literatorul, and became a frequent participant in Alexandru Macedonski's circle. In 1920, he founded the Association of young Romanian writers and Eroii patriei magazine. His last play, Cântecul vieții ('Life's song'), whose manuscript is dated January 1938 - July 1939, remained unfinished due to his illness and untimely death.

His daughter was the actress .