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
editPublished books (selection)
edit- 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)
edit- 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
edit- He was awarded the Romanian Writers' Union Translation Prize for his translations twice, for his translations of Chaucer and Meșterul Manole[3]
References
edit- ^ Sasu, Aurel (2006). Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române (A-L). Paralela 45. p. 546.
- ^ Aronescu, S. "Scrisori din Himalaya". Cotidianul. May 26, June 4, 9, 1992.
- ^ 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