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.
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, 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
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, 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, 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 Dan Grigorescu, in Literatorul, nr. 42, 1992