N. Petrașcu or Pĕtrașcu (common renditions of Nicolae Petrașcu [nikoˈla.e peˈtraʃku]/[pəˈtraʃku], born Nicolae Petrovici [ˈpetrovit͡ʃʲ]; December 5, 1859 - May 24, 1944) was a Romanian journalist, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and memoirist. The author of monographs on major figures in Romanian literature, Petrașcu was originally affiliated with the conservative literary society Junimea, but did not embrace all its tenets. Like his friend, novelist Duiliu Zamfirescu, he parted with the group and, together with Dimitrie C. Ollănescu-Ascanio, established a new circle around the magazine Literatură și Artă Română ("Romanian Literature and Art").