Mihail Sorbul (pen name of Mihail Smolsky; October 16 (or 19), 1885–December 20, 1966) was a Romanian playwright and novelist. Born in Botoșani, his parents were Anton Smolsky, a Polish uhlan lieutenant, later a shareholder in a petroleum company, and his wife Maria (née Moscovici). He attended high school in Iași, Ploiești and Bucharest, graduating in 1905. From 1905 to 1906, he briefly took courses at the law faculty of Bucharest University, followed by 's class at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory from 1906 to 1907. His debut was the 1906 play Eroii noștri, published under is real name; the tragicomedy deals with the corrupted turn of the century youth. Also under his birth name, published the plays Vânt de primăvară (1908), Poveste banală (later Poveste studențească), Înviere and Două cr