Dan Duțescu Explained

Dan Duțescu (21 October 1918 – 26 September 1992) was a professor of English language and literature at the University of Bucharest, and a member of the Romanian Writers' Union.

A graduate of the School of English Studies of the University of Bucharest's Department of Letters, he taught Romanian at the University of London (1964–1965) and the University of Cambridge (1971–1973).^[1]

He had a daughter, Taina Duțescu-Coliban, a linguist and mountain climber who went missing in 1992 while trying to climb Mount Dhaulaghiri.^[2]

Works

Published books (selection)

• Limba engleză fără profesor ("Teach Yourself English"), co-author (with Leon Levițchi)
• Humour in English (Editura Științifică, 1964)
• Manual de conversație în limba engleză (ed. I - Editura Ştiinţifică, 1970; ed. II - 1973; ed. III - 1976)
• Spoken English - Manual de conversație în limba engleză (ed. a IV-a, Editura Miron, 1991)

Translations (selection)

• Antologia bilingvă Shakespeare ("Shakespeare Bilingual Anthology"), co-author (with Leon Levițchi), 1964
• Hamlet, co-author (with Leon Levițchi)
• Richard III, co-author (with Leon Levițchi)
• Beowulf, co-author (with Leon Levițchi)
• Povestiri din Canterbury ("The Canterbury Tales") by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Trolius si Cressida ("Troilus and Criseyde") by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Cartea ducesei ("The Book of the Duchess") by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Cartea faimei ("The House of Fame") by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Legenda femeilor vestite ("The Legend of Good Women") by Geoffrey Chaucer
• Like Diamonds in Coal Asleep, co-author (with Leon Levițchi and Andrei Bantaș)
• Romanian Poets of Our Time, co-author, 1974, Univers Publishing House
• Meșterul Manole

Awards

• He was awarded the Romanian Writers' Union Translation Prize for his translations twice, for his translations of Chaucer and Meșterul Manole^[3]

References

• Aurel Sasu, Dictionarul biografic al literaturii române (A-L), Paralela 45, Pitesti, 2006, p. 546
• Andrei Bantaș, Un spirit fermecător: Dan Duțescu, in România literară, 7 Oct. 1992
• Zoe Dumitrescu Bușulenga, in Secolul 20, nr. 7, 1974
• Andrei Bantaș, in Argeș, nr. 3, 1978
• Pia Teodorescu Brânzeu, in Orizont, nr. 38, 1982
• Dan Grigorescu, in Literatorul, nr. 42, 1992

Notes and References

1. Book: Sasu, Aurel. Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române (A-L). Paralela 45. 2006. 546.
2. Aronescu . S. . . Scrisori din Himalaya . May 26, June 4, 9, 1992.
3. Andrei Bantaș, Un spirit fermecător: Dan Duțescu, in România Literară, 7 Oct. 1992