Dragoș Protopopescu (17 October 1892 – 11 April 1948) was a Romanian writer, poet, critic, philosopher, and far-right politician.

In March 1920, he enrolled at University College London to attend specialized courses, as part of his thesis requirements.

[3] During this period, he also translated Shakespeare's Hamlet into Romanian, and began work on a volume titled Civilizația engleză ("English Civilization").

[3] In December 1933, Protopopescu was arrested alongside other Legionary cultural figures, including Nae Ionescu, Nichifor Crainic, and Mihail Polihroniade.

Protopopescu was imprisoned at Jilava Prison, but was released in March 1934 after intervention by Nicolae Titulescu, and returned to teaching and writing.

[3] In 1936, he published Fortul 13 ("Fort 13"), a novel based on his experiences at Jilava, which was widely advertised in both Iron Guard circles and the general press.

[3] Beginning in 1937, he published the newspaper Buna Vestire, which, though not an official publication of the Iron Guard, was aligned with the organization and supported by its members.

After the establishment of the fascist National Legionary State, Protopopescu replaced John Burbank as head of the English department at the University of Bucharest.

Throughout the early 1940s, he published a large series of Shakespeare translations in Romanian (including King Lear, the Tempest, Coriolanus, the Two Gentlemen of Verona, the Winter's Tale, the Merry Wives of Windsor, the Taming of the Shrew, and Othello).