Dan Dutescu
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Dan Duţescu was a professor of English language and literature at the University of Bucharest
, Romania
, and a member of the Romanian Writers' Union.
He studied amongst others at the Universities of London and Cambridge.
His main work is "Limba engleză fără professor" (Leaning English Without a Teacher), published in several editions, it being one of the most widely used English language books used by Romanians.
He is the father of Taina Duţescu-Coliban, a Romanian linguist and mountain climber who went missing in 1992 while trying to climb Mt. Dhaulaghiri.
Bucharest
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, Romania
Romania
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, and a member of the Romanian Writers' Union.
He studied amongst others at the Universities of London and Cambridge.
His main work is "Limba engleză fără professor" (Leaning English Without a Teacher), published in several editions, it being one of the most widely used English language books used by Romanians.
He is the father of Taina Duţescu-Coliban, a Romanian linguist and mountain climber who went missing in 1992 while trying to climb Mt. Dhaulaghiri.
Published books (selection)
- Limba engleză fără professor
- Humour in English (Ed. Ştiinţifică, 1964)
- Manual de conversaţie în limba engleză (ed. I - Ed. Ştiinţifică, 1970; ed. II - 1973; ed. III - 1976)
- Spoken English - Manual de conversaţie în limba engleză (ed. a IV-a, Ed. Miron, 1991)