George Mihail Pruteanu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒe̯ordʒe pruˈte̯anu]; 15 December 1947 – 27 March 2008) was a Romanian literary critic and politician. He was born in Bucharest in 1947. His father, , was a Jewish medical doctor and a university professor who studied the history of Moldavian medicine. His mother, Sofia Pruteanu, was an office worker. When he was 4 years old his parents divorced and he took his mother's maiden name. He died in Bucharest after suffering a heart attack on 27 March 2008. He is buried at Bellu Cemetery.