Puși Dinulescu (; born Dumitru Dinulescu (27 August 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a
Romanian
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
,
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
,
theatre and
television director,
novelist, and
poet.
Biography
He was the son of the engineer Dumitru I. Dinulescu and Ileana Dinulescu (born Butunoiu), a housewife. He graduated the Letters at the
University of Bucharest and Film and Television Direction at
Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC),
Bucharest. Dinulescu made his debut in 1968, with ''Robert Calul'' (''Robert the Horse''), a collection of short stories. He also wrote novels, poetry and comedies.
He received The Bucharest Writers' Association Award (1979) for ''Linda Belinda'' (a collection of short stories) and The
Writers' Union of Romania
The Writers' Union of Romania (), founded in March 1949, is a professional association of writers in Romania. It also has a subsidiary in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The Writers' Union of Romania was created by the communist regime by taking ...
Award (1985), for his novel ''Îngerul contabil''. He received in 2018 the Union Award for "long-standing eminent activity in dramaturgy" from the Union of the Romanian Writers, the Bucharest branch.
Dinulescu died in 2019 at
Floreasca Hospital
Floreasca Hospital ( ro, Spitalul Clinic de Urgență București Floreasca) is a major hospital in Bucharest, Romania. The hospital is specialized in providing emergency medical care.
History
The Floreasca Hospital is the first institution in Roma ...
, of a
heart attack. He is buried at
Bellu Cemetery, in Bucharest.
Works
*Short stories
**1968: ''Robert Calul'', Editura pentru literatură
**1979: ''Linda Belinda'', Cartea Românească. The Bucharest Writers' Association Award
**1982: ''Eu și Robert Calul'' (''Robert Calul and Me''), Eminescu
**1982: ''Razrîv'' (''Separation''), I. Bogdan's Russian Translation of the short stories "At home", "The Atanasiu Family" and "Separation".
**2003: ''Crimă la circ'' (''Murder in Circus''), Meronia
**2014: ''Lungul drum al prozei scurte (''The long way of the short story''), Tipo-Moldova, Iași
*Novels
**1980: ''Galaxia Burlacilor'' (''Bachelors Galaxy''), Cartea Românească
**1985: ''Îngerul contabil'' (''Accounting Angel''), Cartea Românească. The
Writers' Union of Romania
The Writers' Union of Romania (), founded in March 1949, is a professional association of writers in Romania. It also has a subsidiary in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The Writers' Union of Romania was created by the communist regime by taking ...
Award. Second ed. 1998, Regis
**2001: ''Romanul Sfintei Mogoșoaia'' (''The Life and Times of Saint Mogoșoaia''), Meronia
**2009: ''Le vieux garçon'', (French version of the novel ''Bachelors Galaxy'' signed ''Pouschy Dinulesco''; translated by Michel Wattremez), Meronia
**2010: ''Burlacul'' (''The Bachelor''), Minerva
*Poetry
**2002: ''Poezii bestiale'' (''Awesome Poems'')
**2006: ''Frumoasa și lapovița'' (''The Belle and the Sleet'')
**2015: ''Tandrețe tărăgănată'' (''Jingling Tenderness), RBA Media
*Plays
-first performed in TVR, National Theatre of Craiova, Robert Calul Theatre of Bucharest and in Pitești, Giurgiu, Bârlad and Turda.
''Bani de dus, bani de-ntors'' (''The old man who dearly paid his return fare'')
''Miere și venin'' (''Honey and venom'')
''Casa cu țoape'' (''House of the Uncouth'')
''Nunta lui Puiu'' (''Puiu's Wedding'')
''Pescărușul lui Hamlet'' (''The Hamlet's Seagull'')
''Senvici cu infinit'' (''Boundless Sandwich'')
-editions
*2002: ''Două piese de teatru'' (''Two plays''), Meronia
*2004: ''Pescărușul lui Hamlet'' (''The Hamlet's Seagull''), Palimpsest
*2005: ''Nunta lui Puiu'' (''Puiu's Wedding''), Palimpsest
*2010: ''Teatru'' (''Theatre''), Minerva
*2013: ''La Boda de Puiu'' (''Puiu's Wedding'') – translated in Spanish by Juan Martinez, RBA Media
*Polemical Works
**2009: ''Gașca și diavolul'' (''The Gang and The Devil''), Minerva
Travels
*2013: ''Călătoriile lui Nea Puși'' (''Uncle Puși's Travels''), Lider
Translations from Spanish
*2014: Frederico Garcia Lorca ''Romancero gitano'' Editura Tribuna, Cluj-Napoca
Filmography
*Director
**1983: ''Întâlnirea din Pământuri'' (''The Encounter of Pământuri'')
**1985: ''Sper să ne mai vedem'' (''I hope to see you again'')
**1998: ''Nuntă cu sirenă'' (''Wedding with a siren'') – TV Film
*Screenwriter
**1998: ''Nuntă cu sirenă'' – TV Film
References
General references:
*Pop, Grigore Traian. ''Puși vs. Dumitru Dinulescu''. București: Editura Crater, 2000.
*Popa, Marian. ''Dicționar de literatură română contemporană''. București: Editura Albatros, 1971, ed. 2, 1977
*Sasu, Aurel. ''Dicţionarul biografic al literaturii române''. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004.
*Academia Română. ''Dicţionarul general al literaturii române''. București: Editura Univers Enciclopedic 2004.
*Zaciu, Mircea; Papahagi, Marian; Sasu, Aurel. ''Dicţionarul esenţial al scriitorilor români''. București: Editura Fundației Culturale Romîne, 1998.
*Popa, Marian. ''Istoria literaturii române de azi pe mâine''. București: Editura Semne, 2009.
*Negrici, Eugen. ''Literatura română sub comunism. Proza''. București: Editura Fundației Pro, 2002: pp. 220–221
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1942 births
2019 deaths
University of Bucharest alumni
Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography alumni
Writers from Bucharest
Film people from Bucharest
Romanian dramatists and playwrights
Romanian novelists
Romanian male novelists
Romanian poets
Romanian male poets
Male dramatists and playwrights
Burials at Bellu Cemetery