Ion Marin Sadoveanu
Born	Iancu-Leonte Marinescu (1893-06-15)June 15, 1893 Bucharest,Kingdom of Romania
Died	February 2, 1964(1964-02-02) (aged 70) Bucharest,Romanian People's Republic
Resting place	Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Occupation	playwright

Ion Marin Sadoveanu (bornIancu-Leonte Marinescu; June 15, 1893 – February 2, 1964) was aRomanian playwright.

Born inBucharest, he started his education at a grammar school inConstanța, where his father practicedmedicine. He continued at theMircea cel Bătrân Gymnasium, from which he graduated in 1908. He continued his education at theSaint Sava National College of Bucharest (1908–1912). He then studiedphilosophy in Bucharest and Paris. In 1926, he was appointed inspector of the theaters, being subsequently promoted to inspector general and in 1933 director general of the theaters and operas. Demoted in 1940, he worked as editor at theTimpul newspaper (1941–1942) and playwright of theNational Theatre Bucharest until 1944. He then was editor ofUniversul. In 1956, he was appointed director of theNational Theatre Bucharest. From 1958, he was also a member of the National Commission forUNESCO. He died in Bucharest in 1964, age 70, and was buried in the city'sBellu Cemetery.

• Dicționarul Enciclopedic Român, ed. Politică, București, 1962–1966
• Dicționar de literatură română contemporană, ed. Albatros, București, 1977

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