Background
Born in Goleşti, Argeş County, Dinicu was the son of Radu Golescu.
Born in Goleşti, Argeş County, Dinicu was the son of Radu Golescu.
Together with his older brother George (or Iordache), he studied at the Phanariote-founded Greek Academy in Bucharest.
In 1826, he published an account of his travels through Europe, Însemnarea călătoriei mele ("Account of My Travel"), which is the first travelogue of a Romanian in Western Europe. He uses his travelogue to study the administration and production systems in various countries, which he describes and recommends through comparisons with the situation at home. The text contains a plea for a general reform of domestic institutions in an "European" direction (based on Enlightenment ideas).
His travel journal had a great influence on the Romanian intelligentsia of the time.
He also helped Ion Heliade Rădulescu launch Curierul Românesc, on 8 April 1829. Dinicu Golescu died in Bucharest.
His epitaph, written by Rădulescu, was published on 9 October 1830 in Curierul. lieutenant reads:
Bucharest"s Gara de Nord was built on land owned by Dinicu Golescu.
A nearby park and boulevard currently bear his name.
All of his sons were to play prominent parts in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 and in the politics of Romania, as would his nephew, Alexandru Golescu Negru
Viewing European culture as more advanced, he managed, despite his middle age and the considerable difficulties he had in expressing himself, to convey a message of change.
One of the founding members of the Bucharest Literary Society (1827), Golescu contributed to the issuing of the first Romanian-language newspaper to be published outside the country, Fama Lipschii pentru Daţia (1827, Leipzig. Its title translated as "The Fame of Leipzig for Dacia").