Mihail Sevastos

Mihail Sevastos (born Ionel Mihai Sevastos; August 1892 – September 24, 1967) was a Romanian poet, prose writer, memoirist and translator.

Born in Botoșani, his parents were the poet Artur Stavri, whose name does not appear on his son's birth or death certificates, and the folklorist Elena Didia Odorica Sevastos. He attended primary school in Iași from 1898 to 1902. Between 1902 and 1910, he studied at the city's Costache Negruzzi Boarding High School, passing through the lower and then upper divisions, classical section. Sevastos then enrolled in the law faculty of Iași University. In 1911, he was hired as a proofreader at Viața Românească, later advancing to editing secretary.