Puși Dinulescu (; born Dumitru Dinulescu (27 August 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a

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Biography

He was the son of the engineer Dumitru I. Dinulescu and Ileana Dinulescu (born Butunoiu), a housewife. He graduated the Letters at the

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and Film and Television Direction at Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC),

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. 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

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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, of a

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. 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

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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