Mihail Petroveanu

Mihail Petroveanu (October 28, 1923–March 4, 1977) was a Romanian literary critic and historian.

Born in Bucharest, his parents were Jean Petroveanu and his wife Maria (née Algazi). He attended primary school and the first six grades of secondary school at Saint Andrew High School in his native city from 1930 to 1940. From 1940 to 1942, he studied at and graduated from the theoretical high school where Alexandru Graur was principal. In 1944, Petroveanu enrolled in the French-Romanian section of the University of Bucharest's literature faculty, graduating in 1947. During this time, his first work was published; this consisted of literary news that appeared in Studentul român in 1945. Right after completing university, he was hired as an editor for Contemporanul. He was then a teaching assistant at the aesthetics department of the Institute of Theater, Fine Arts and Music (1949–1950); editor for the literary programs of Romanian Radio (1948–1952); chief department editor and overall adjunct editor at Editura de Stat pentru Literatură și Artă (1950–1955); editor and adjunct editor-in-chief at Viața Românească (1955–1956) and Gazeta literară (1956–1961); principal editor for a four-language publication meant for foreign audiences, Revue roumaine – Roumanian Review – Rumänische Rundschau – Румынская литература (1962–1977).

He was married to poet Veronica Porumbacu;