Dan Duțescu (21 October 1918 – 26 September 1992) was a professor of English language and literature at the

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, and a member of the

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. A graduate of the School of English Studies of the University of Bucharest's Department of Letters, he taught

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at the

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(1964–1965) and the

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(1971–1973). He had a daughter, Taina Duțescu-Coliban, a linguist and mountain climber who went missing in 1992 while trying to climb Mount

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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 ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

'', co-author (with Leon Levițchi) * ''

Richard III Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Boswor ...

'', co-author (with Leon Levițchi) * ''

Beowulf ''Beowulf'' (; ) is an Old English poetry, Old English poem, an Epic poetry, epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 Alliterative verse, alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and List of translat ...

'', co-author (with Leon Levițchi) * ''Povestiri din Canterbury'' ("

The Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales'' () is a collection of 24 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. The book presents the tales, which are mostly written in verse, as part of a fictional storytelling contest held ...

") by

Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer ( ; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He w ...

* ''Trolius si Cressida'' ("

Troilus and Criseyde ''Troilus and Criseyde'' () is an epic poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which re-tells in Middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Cressida, Criseyde set against a backdrop of war during the siege of Troy. It was written in ''rhyme ro ...

") by Geoffrey Chaucer * ''Cartea ducesei'' ("

The Book of the Duchess ''The Book of the Duchess'', also known as ''The Deth of Blaunche'',
''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1910. Accessed 11 Marc ...

") by Geoffrey Chaucer * ''Cartea faimei'' ("

The House of Fame ''The House of Fame'' (''Hous of Fame'' in the original spelling) is a Middle English poem by Geoffrey Chaucer, probably written between 1374 and 1385, making it one of his earlier works. It was most likely written after ''The Book of the Duchess ...

") by Geoffrey Chaucer * ''Legenda femeilor vestite'' ("

The Legend of Good Women ''The Legend of Good Women'' is a poem in the form of a dream vision by Geoffrey Chaucer during the fourteenth century. The poem is the third longest of Chaucer's works, after ''The Canterbury Tales'' and ''Troilus and Criseyde'', and is possib ...

") 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 ManoleAndrei Bantaș, ''Un spirit fermecător: Dan Duțescu'', in

România Literară ''România Literară'' is a cultural and literary magazine from Romania. In its original edition, it was founded on 1 January 1855 by Vasile Alecsandri and published in Iași until 3 December 1855, when it was suppressed. The new series appeared ...

, 7 Oct. 1992

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 ''România Literară'' is a cultural and literary magazine from Romania. In its original edition, it was founded on 1 January 1855 by Vasile Alecsandri and published in Iași until 3 December 1855, when it was suppressed. The new series appeared ...

, 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 *

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, in ''Literatorul'', nr. 42, 1992 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutescu, Dan 1918 births 1992 deaths Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Translators of William Shakespeare English–Romanian translators 20th-century Romanian translators 20th-century Romanian poets