George Munteanu was born in Bravicea (14.IV.1924-8.XI.2001), but evolved professionally in Romania. He was advised by teachers to become a doctor, but he remained faithful to the Romanian language and literature. He studied in Bravicea 7 classes (1930-1937), in Chisinau in 2 schools: Moldovan (1940-1941) and boys’ normal (1941-1944), then refugee in Romania in March 1944. In Romania he studied at the Normal School in Câmpulung Muscel (1944-1945), in Cluj simultaneously in 2 schools: normal and for baccalaureate at the Theoretical High School (1945-1946). He studied at the Faculty of Philology in Cluj (1946-1950) and took the bachelor’s exam with a grade of 10. He spent his professional career in two cities: Cluj and Bucharest. From the third year he was employed as a librarian at the Library of the University of Cluj (1.V.1949); preparator at the Faculty of General Medicine (15.X.1949); editor-in-chief of the newspaper „Lupta Ardealului” (15.X.1949); assistant at the Faculty of Philosophy in Cluj (7.III.1951). Then he transferred to the Faculty of Romanian Language and Literature at the University of Bucharest, where he became a university professor and lecturer. He stood out in the history of Romanian literature with his scientific works: Bogdan Petriceicu Haşdeu (1963); Attitudes (1966); Under the sign of Aristarchus (1975); Introduction to the work of Ion Creangă (1976); The history of Romanian literature. The Age of Great Writers (1980); Eminescu and Eminescianism (1987); Eminescu and the antinomies of posternity (1998); Hyperion 1. The life of Eminescu (2002).