Mihail Zamphirescu

Mihail Zamphirescu (1838 (or 1839) – June 15, 1878) was a Wallachian, later Romanian poet.

He was born in Bucharest, but little is known about his early life. His father was probably named Zamfir, and he attended Saint Sava College. He may have studied literature and philosophy at the universities of Paris and Vienna (with the help of Ion Heliade Rădulescu, according to some sources), but this appears unlikely, and no corroborating documentation exists. He spent nearly his entire adult life as a clerk in the administrative headquarters for Bucharest's hospitals, and died in a sanatorium.