George Mihail Vlădescu (March 2, 1885–March 29, 1952) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Cotești, Vrancea County, his parents were Mihai Vlădescu, a clerk, and his wife Elena (née Fleva). He had a high-school education, and worked as a clerk, an army officer and a farmer. His first published work appeared in Sentinela in 1903; his first book was the 1915 short story collection Lacrimi adevărate. Publications in which his output appeared include Convorbiri critice, Ramuri, Năzuința, Cosânzeana and Gândirea. He sometimes used the pen names g.m.vl., G.M.VL., O.B., Mihail Corbea, Odo Basca, Mihail-Vlădescu and G. M. Vlădescu-Vlad. He published translations, including of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Mark Twain. Vlădescu authored several novels (Menuetul, 1933; Moartea fratelui meu, 1934; Republica