Doina Ruşti

Doina Ruşti (b. February 15) is a contemporary Romanian novelist.

Doina Ruşti

DOINA RUŞTI lives in Bucharest. She is a university film professor, film writer and specialist in Symbology. Her 5 novels have been well received by public and critics alike. She has been translated into Italian, Bulgarian, Spanish, Hungarian, French, English and German.

Public lectures

Budapesta, Viena, Plovdiv, Torino, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Moscova, Roma, Granada.

Novels

• Patru bărbaţi plus Aurelius (Four men plus Aurelius), Ed. Polirom, 2011
• Cămaşa în carouri (The checkered shirt and 10 other episodes from Bucharest), a narative puzzle, Ed. Polirom, 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, Iaşi, 2006. Bulgarian translation Ed. Balkani, Sofia, 2008 (transl. Vasilka Alexova). Italian translation Ed. Bonanno, Roma, 2010 (transl. Roberto Merlo).
• Omuleţul roşu (The Little Red Man), Ed. Vremea, Bucharest, 2004.

Translated work

• Bill Cinton's Hand, in Bucharest Tales, New Europe Writers, 2011 (coord:A. Fincham, J. G Coon, John a'Beckett)
• I miei ginecologi, in Compagne di viaggio, Sandro Teti Editore, 2011 (coord Radu Pavel Gheo, Dan Lungu)
• 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.

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 Nine political unpublished short stories, Ed.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 Gârbea)
• Farse, lacrimi şi o găleată de sânge (Farces, tears and a bucket of blood), Ed. Limes, 2008
• Scriitori pe Calea Regală, (The writers to Royal Way), Brumar 2008
•  Poveşti erotice (Erotic Tales), Ed. Trei, Bucharest, 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, Piteşti, 2007
• Zogru (frag.) in 11 books contemporary Romanian prose, Ed. Polirom, Iaşi, 2006, trad. Alistair Ian Blyth

Literary prizes

• The Romanian Academy's Ion Creangă Prize for the novel "Lizoanca at the Age of Eleven", 2009
• The Prize of the Writers Union of Romania for the novel "The Ghost in the Mill", 2008
• 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

Links

• Doina Ruşti
• Contemporary Romanian Writers