Dan Duțescu


Dan Duțescu 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 and the University of Cambridge.
He had a daughter, Taina Duțescu-Coliban, a linguist and mountain climber who went missing in 1992 while trying to climb Mount Dhaulaghiri.

Works

Published books (selection)

Limba engleză fără profesor, co-author Humour in English Manual de conversație în limba engleză
  • ''Spoken English - Manual de conversație în limba engleză''

Translations (selection)

Antologia bilingvă Shakespeare, co-author, 1964Hamlet, co-author Richard III, co-author Beowulf, co-author Povestiri din Canterbury by Geoffrey ChaucerTrolius si Cressida by Geoffrey ChaucerCartea ducesei by Geoffrey ChaucerCartea faimei by Geoffrey ChaucerLegenda femeilor vestite by Geoffrey ChaucerLike Diamonds in Coal Asleep, co-author Romanian Poets of Our Time, co-author, 1974, Univers Publishing House
  • ''Meșterul Manole''

Awards