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). He had a daughter, Taina Duțescu-Coliban, a linguist and mountain climber who went missing in 1992 while trying to climb Mount Dhaulaghiri.
Dan Duțescu
- Born
- 1918
- Died
- 1992
- Nationality
- Romania
- Occupation
- philologist · poet · translator · scholar of english
- Languages
- Romanian
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• 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
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Dan Duțescu was born in 1918 and died in 1992.
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1918
Dan Duțescu was born on 21 October 1918.
1992
Dan Duțescu died on 26 September 1992.
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)
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Dan Duțescu (1918 – 1992) was an Anglicist and translator.
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• He was awarded the Romanian Writers' Union Translation Prize for his translations twice, for his translations of Chaucer and Meșterul Manole
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- 1.Sasu, Aurel. Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române (A-L). Paralela 45. 546. 2006.
- 2.Aronescu, S. Scrisori din Himalaya. Cotidianul.
- 3.Andrei Bantaș, Un spirit fermecător: Dan Duțescu, in România Literară, 7 Oct. 1992
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