Doina Rusti
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Doina Ruşti is a contemporary Romania
n novelist. All her works were published after the Romanian Revolution of 1989
.
She grew up in Comoşteni, a village in the south of Romania
, where her parents were school teachers. When she was eleven, her father was murdered in mysterious circumstances, which have not been elucidated even to this day. The insecurity, oppression, and absurd rules brought by communism mingled with the folkloric milieu of a village dominated by tales of ghosts, by sacral mysteries and subterranean forces, and this dramatic and at the same time magical setting was the inspiration for The Ghost in the Mill novel. This book was awarded the most important literary prize in Romania, the Writers' Union Prize for Fiction, 2009.
Doina Ruşti is also the author of the novels The Little Red Man, Zogru and Lizoanca at the Age of Eleven. This novel was a bestseller, the first edition being sold within two weeks since its release. The subject of the novel was bought by a cinematographic studio.
The most recent of her books is The Checkered Shirt and 10 Other Episodes from Bucharest, a narative puzzle.
Likewise, Doina Ruşti also publishes short prose in various magazines and some of her short stories have been included in anthologies of contemporary prose, such as Romanian Erotic Tales, Mystic Tales and Stories, Writers on the Royal Train, Bookataria of texts and images, Mr Deputy crumbling and Farces, Tears and a Bucket of Blood.
Her work has been translated into Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Hungarian and Italian:
An expert in symbology (university professor), Doina Ruşti has published a series of non-fiction works, including A Cantemir Bestiary, A Dictionary of Themes and Symbols, The Cultural Press, The Subliminal Message in Current Communications, An Encyclopaedia of Humanist Culture, and A Dictionary of Symbols in the Work of Mircea Eliade.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n novelist. All her works were published after the Romanian Revolution of 1989
Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of riots and clashes in December 1989. These were part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several Warsaw Pact countries...
.
She grew up in Comoşteni, a village in the south of Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, where her parents were school teachers. When she was eleven, her father was murdered in mysterious circumstances, which have not been elucidated even to this day. The insecurity, oppression, and absurd rules brought by communism mingled with the folkloric milieu of a village dominated by tales of ghosts, by sacral mysteries and subterranean forces, and this dramatic and at the same time magical setting was the inspiration for The Ghost in the Mill novel. This book was awarded the most important literary prize in Romania, the Writers' Union Prize for Fiction, 2009.
Doina Ruşti is also the author of the novels The Little Red Man, Zogru and Lizoanca at the Age of Eleven. This novel was a bestseller, the first edition being sold within two weeks since its release. The subject of the novel was bought by a cinematographic studio.
The most recent of her books is The Checkered Shirt and 10 Other Episodes from Bucharest, a narative puzzle.
Likewise, Doina Ruşti also publishes short prose in various magazines and some of her short stories have been included in anthologies of contemporary prose, such as Romanian Erotic Tales, Mystic Tales and Stories, Writers on the Royal Train, Bookataria of texts and images, Mr Deputy crumbling and Farces, Tears and a Bucket of Blood.
Her work has been translated into Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Hungarian and Italian:
- Zogru (transl. Roberto Merlo), Ed. Bonanno, Roma, 2010
- The Little Red Man (transl. Roberto Merlo) in Il romanzo romeno contemporaneo (coord Nicoleta Nesu) Ed. Bagatto Libri, Roma, 2010
- Cristian (transl. in fr. Linda Maria Baros), rev Le Bateau Fantôme, no. 8, 2009, Ed. Mathieu Hilfiger
- Zogru (transl. Vasilka Alexova), Ed. Balkani, 2008
- Cristian - Nagyvilag (transl. Noémi László), Budapesta, Sept. 2010
- The Winner - Nagyvilag (transl. Noémi László), Budapesta, Sept. 2010 etc.
An expert in symbology (university professor), Doina Ruşti has published a series of non-fiction works, including A Cantemir Bestiary, A Dictionary of Themes and Symbols, The Cultural Press, The Subliminal Message in Current Communications, An Encyclopaedia of Humanist Culture, and A Dictionary of Symbols in the Work of Mircea Eliade.
Novels
- Cămaşa în carouri (The checkered shirt and 10 other episodes from Bucharest), a narative puzzle, Ed. PoliromPoliromPolirom or Editura Polirom is a Romanian publishing house with a tradition of publishing classics of international literature and also various titles in the fields of social sciences, such as psychology, sociology and anthropology. The company was founded in February 1995. The first title...
, 2010 - Lizoanca la 11 ani (Lizoanca at the Age of Eleven), Ed. Trei, 2009
- Fantoma din moară (The Ghost in the Mill), Ed. Polirom, 2008. Italian translation soon.
- Zogru, Ed. Polirom, IaşiIasiIași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
, 2006. Bulgarian translation Ed. Balkani, SofiaSofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, 2008 (transl. Vasilka Alexova). Italian translation Ed. Bonanno, RomaRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, 2010 (transl. Roberto Merlo). - Omuleţul roşu (The Little Red Man), Ed. Vremea, Bucharest, 2004.
Anthologies (fiction)
- Ochelarii de fum (Smoke glasses), Ed. Cartex, 2011
- Care-i faza cu cititul (My First Book), Ed. Art, 2010 (coord. Florentina Sânmihăian şi Liviu Papadima)
- Bookataria de texte şi imagini (Bookataria of texts and images), The Illustrators Club, 2009 (coord. Florin Bican), illustrated anthology.
- Domnul deputat se prăbuşeşte (Mr Deputy crumbling). Nine political unpublished short stories, Ed. Tritonic, 2009 (coord. Horia GârbeaHoria GârbeaHoria-Răzvan Gârbea or Gîrbea is a Romanian playwright, poet, essayist, novelist and critic, also known as an academic, engineer and journalist. Known for his work in experimental theater and his Postmodernist contributions to Romanian literature, he is a member of the Writers' Union of Romania ,...
) - Farse, lacrimi şi o găleată de sânge (Farces, tears and a bucket of blood), Ed. LimesLimesA limes was a border defense or delimiting system of Ancient Rome. It marked the boundaries of the Roman Empire.The Latin noun limes had a number of different meanings: a path or balk delimiting fields, a boundary line or marker, any road or path, any channel, such as a stream channel, or any...
, 2008 - Scriitori pe Calea Regală, (The writers to Royal Way), Brumar 2008
- Poveşti erotice (Erotic Tales), Ed. Trei, BucharestBucharestBucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, 2007 (the story Tits) - Basme şi povestiri mistice româneşti, repovestite (Romanian Fairy Stories and Mystic Tales, Retold), (five tales: "The Lucky Killer", "The Red Man", "The Beautiful Girls", Magdalena and Axinte The Flight and "The Wizard"), Ed. Paralela 45, PiteştiPitestiPitești is a city in Romania, located on the Argeș River. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated on the A1 freeway connecting it directly to the national capital Bucharest,...
, 2007 - Zogru (frag.) in 11 books contemporary Romanian prose, Ed. Polirom, Iaşi, 2006, trad. Alistair Ian Blyth
Short stories
- Mult aşteptatul ceas al Doamnei Glodeanu, Rev. 22, Bucureştiul Cultural, no. 103, 2010
- Prăvălia de peruci (Wigs Shop), România literară, no. 52, 2009
- Poveste de Paşte (Easter Story), România literară, no. 15, 2009
- Învingătorul (The Winner), Convorbiri literare, IaşiIasiIași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
, April 2009 - Lacătul şi cheia (The Lock and the Key), România literară, no. 45, 2008
- SIGCHLD, fork and sleep. History Lesson, România literară, no. 29, 25 July 2008
- Unchiul meu, poştaşul (My uncle, the Postman), Craiova, Mozaicul, no.4, 2008
- Barbatul ca o acadea, (The Toffee-man), Bucharest, România literara, 14/2008
- Cristián (transl. Sebastián Teillier), MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, El fantasma de la glorieta, no. 16/2008 - Miracol la Veneţia (Miracle in Venice), România literara, 12/2008
- Uniune europeană (European Union), Bucharest, România literară, 48/2007
- Cristian, in România literară, Bucharest, no. 17/2007
- Lângă Biserica Sf. Silvestru (Near the Church of St Sylvester), in Convorbiri literare, IaşiIasiIași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
, Nov 2006 - Lulu, Vatra, OradeaOradeaOradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...
, no. 11-12, 2005 - Mesajul (The Message), Viaţa Românească, Bucharest, no. 8-9, 2004 etc.
The memoirs
- Tovarăşe de drum (The Communist Period) - Polirom, 2008, coord: Radu Pavel Gheo, Dan Lungu
Other books
- Bestiarul cantemirian ("The Bestiary of Dimitrie Cantemir"), Ed. Universitas XXI, Iaşi, 2007
- Enciclopedia culturii umaniste, (Encyclopaedia of Humanist Culture), 2nd edition, Ed. Paralela 45, PiteştiPitestiPitești is a city in Romania, located on the Argeș River. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated on the A1 freeway connecting it directly to the national capital Bucharest,...
, 2006 - Mesajul subliminal în comunicarea actuală (The Subliminal Message in Current Communication), Ed. Tritonic, Bucharest, 2005
- Dicţionar de simboluri din opera lui Mircea Eliade (Dictionary of Symbols in the Work of Mircea Eliade) Ed. Coresi, 1997; 3rd edition - Ed. Tritonic, Bucharest, 2005)
- 'Dicţionar de teme şi simboluri din literatura română ("Dictionary of Themes and Symbols in Romanian Literature"), 2nd edition, Ed. Polirom, 2009
- Presa culturala (The Cultural Press), Ed. Fundatia PRO, Bucharest, 2002
Literary prizes
- The Prize of the Writers Union of Romania for the novel "The Ghost in the Mill", 2009
- The Golden Medal of Schitul Darvari, for literary activity. 2008
- The Prize of the Bucharest Writers Association for the novel "Zogru", 2007
- Convorbiri literare review Prize for Prose, 2006
- The Ad Visum Prize for the novel Omuleţul roşu (The Little Red Man), 2005