Dumitru Dinulescu

Puși Dinulescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpuʃi dinuˈlesku]; born Dumitru Dinulescu [duˈmitru] (27 August 1942 – 1 August 2019) was a Romanian playwright, film, theatre and television director, novelist, and poet. 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.