Puși Dinulescu (; born Dumitru Dinulescu (27 August 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a Romanian playwright, film, theatre and television director, novelist, and poet.
Biography
He was the son of the engineer Dumitru I. Dinulescu and Ileana Dinulescu (born Butunoiu), a housewife. He graduated the Letters at the University of Bucharest and Film and Television Direction at Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC), Bucharest. 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 Writers' Union of Romania 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 heart attack. 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 Writers' Union of Romania 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