Dan Duțescu

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