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Doina Ruști
Born (1957-02-15) 15 February 1957 (age 67)
Comoșteni
Occupationwriter, novelist, screenwriter, professor
Nationality Romania
Notable worksLizoanca at the Age of Eleven, The Ghost in the Mill, Zogru
Notable awardsRomanian Academy Award Ion Creanga, Romanian Writer's Union Prose Award, Bucharest Writers Association Award
Website
doinarusti.ro

Doina Ruşti (born February 15, 1957, Comosteni) is a Romanian writer,[1] screenwriter and film director.[2] Some of her novels are: Fantoma din moară (The Ghost of the Mill), 2008, an ample novel about the Romanian communism,[3] awarded the Proze Prize of the Romanian Writers’ Union,[4] Zogru, 2006, republished in Top 10+Collection, 2013, Lizoanca la 11 ani (Lizoanca at the age eleven), 2009, received the Romanian Academy Award Ion Creanga. Her publisher is Polirom.[5] Her bestseller Manuscrisul fanariot (The Phanariot Manuscript’') open the historical fiction series, which includes the recent novel "Mâța Vinerii"/ The Book of Perilous Dishes (2017).[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Biography

Doina Ruşti (born on February 15, 1957, Comosteni) was brought up in a village in the south of Romania by her parents and teachers, struggling to survive in a communist world. Her blood accommodates ancestry ranging from Montenegrin to Turks, Jews and especially Danuban Romanians, all with long names ending in -escu, most of them teachers, store keepers and horse dealers. Her childhood home in Comosteni preserved the experiences of a Balkan world, collected throughout hundreds of years.

Doina Rusti’s youth was spent in a house which had saved the traces of a past rich in events, carriages, coffers and period clothes, crowned by plenty of books and objects which incited her imagination. However, this world had brutally come to an end. When she was eleven, her father was murdered under mysterious circumstances, which have not been elucidated even to this day. The insecurity, oppression, absurd rules and chaos installed at the end of communism blended with the fantastic universe of a village governed by ghost tales, hierophanies and underground forces, and this dramatic and magical setting inspired the novel Fantoma din moară (The Ghost in the Mill). For this novel, she was awarded The Prize of The Writers' Union of Romania.

Work

Considered one of the female voices of contemporary literature, Doina Rusti has a wide variety of topics covered in her novels with a systematic construction. Some of her books were translated into international languages.

Her novel Lizoanca, 2009, 2017 was awarded the “Ion Creangă” Prize of The Romanian Academy. It was remarked as "one of the most powerful contemporary Romanian novels", from the point of view of its themes and typology construction (according to Paul Cernat, Gelu Ionescu). On its publication, Lizoanca caused debates, as it brought to the public’s attention the story of a child almost unanimously accused of the atrocities committed by the accusers. Translated into German, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, the novel had reviews and kindled debates on taboo themes, such as pedophilia, domestic abuse, the issue of children with incompetent parents[12][13] (Marina Freier and Magyar Nemzet). For that matter, the topic of family decay as an institution is recurrent in all the novels written by Doina Rusti.

Her bestseller Manuscrisul fanariot [ro] (The Phanariot Manuscript, 2015, 2016, 2017), which novelizes a8th-century’s love story, was followed by Mâța Vinerii (The Book of Perilous Dishes), 2017, a tale about sorcerers and magical culinary recipes, translated into German, Spanish and Hungarian. These two books give a perspective on a quite controversial historical period: the 18th Phanariot century. The stodgy style, the poetic overlay and the narrative fluidity were hallmarks of these two books. She is also the author of the novel Omulețul roșu (The Little Red Man, 2004, 2012), which was awarded the Prize of the magazine Convorbiri Literare, and the multi-awarded Zogru (2006, 2015), a meta-novel translated into Italian, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Spanish.

Doina Rusti brings a specific vision into literature, exhibited throughout all strata of her work, but especially from a linguistic point of view. The creativity of expression lends the marker of her writing.[14][15][16]

She also wrote a number of short stories, published in periodicals and anthologies.

Style

Taking an interest in both the fantastic and realist genres, Doina Rusti succeeds in writing as persuasively about the atrocities of the contemporary world and high ideals. Her novels often feature rapists, murderers, people who are starving, become corrupt or consumed by trivial commitments, reminding us of Faulkner’s typologies – writer who has always inspired her. Doina Rusti also brings to life fantastic characters, elves, sprites, ghosts, magical cats and sorcerers, which prompted some critics to compare her work with Bulgakov’s,[17] Süskind’s and Márquez’s[18][15] (according to Dan C. Mihăilescu,[19][20] Marco Dotti[21] and Neue Zürcher Zeitung[22]). The diversified themes that are strongly related to the present, as well as the ability of Doina Rusti of switching between registers, place her among the writers of contemporary Romanian literature (according to Breban, Norman Manea,[23][24] Daniel Cristea-Enache[25]).

Novels

  • Logodnica/The Fiancee, Polirom, 2017
  • Mâța Vinerii/The Book of Perilous Dishes, Polirom, 2017
  • Lizoanca, Polirom, Top 10+, 2017
  • Manuscrisul fanariot,[26] (The Phanariot Manuscript) Polirom, 2015, 2016
  • Zogru, ed a II-a, Polirom, Top 10+, 2013
  • Mămica la două albăstrele (The Story of an Adulterer), Ed Polirom, 2013
  • Patru bărbaţi plus Aurelius (Four men plus Aurelius), Ed. Polirom, 2011
  • Cămaşa în carouri și alte 10 întâmplări din București (The checkered shirt and 10 other episodes from Bucharest), a narrative 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.
  • Zogru, Ed. Polirom, Iaşi, 2006, ed a II/a, 2013
  • Omuleţul roşu (The Little Red Man), Ed. Vremea, Bucharest, 2004.

Translated work

  • Das Phantom in der Mühle (trad. Eva Ruth Wemme), Klak Verlag, Berlin, 2017[27]
  • Lizoanca (trad. Szenkovics Enikő), Orpheusz, Budapesta, 2015[27]
  • Eliza a los once años (trans. Enrique Nogueras), Ediciones Traspiés, Granada, 2014[28]
  • Zogru (trad. Szenkovics Enikő), Sétatér Kulturális Egyesülethttp://ideakonyvter.ro/35_setater-kulturalis-egyesulet, 2014.
  • Lisoanca, Rediviva Ed., Milanohttp://redivivaedizioni.com/ro/autorii-nostri/rusti-doina/, 2013
  • Lizoanca (trans Jan Cornelius), Horlemann Verlag, Berlin,
  • L'omino rosso, Nikita Editore, Firenze, 2012[29]
  • 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
  • L'omino rosso (transl. Roberto Merlo) in Il romanzo romeno contemporaneo (coord Nicoleta Nesu) Ed. Bagatto Libri, Roma, 2010[30][31]
  • Cristian (trans. 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.
  • Dicționar de simboluri din opera lui Mircea Eliade (frag.) în La Jornada Semanal, nr. 455, 456, Mexico City, 2003 (trans: José Antonio Hernández García)

Literary prizes

  • The Romanian Academy's Ion Creangă Prize for the novel "Lizoanca at the Age of Eleven", 2009[32]
  • The Prize of the Writers Union of Romania for the novel "The Ghost in the Mill", 2008[33]
  • The Golden Medal of Schitul Darvari, for literary activity. 2008
  • The Prize of the Bucharest Writers Association for the novel "Zogru", 2007[34]
  • Convorbiri literare review Prize for Prose, 2006
  • The Ad Visum Prize for the novel Omuleţul roşu (The Little Red Man), 2005

Bibliography

Dan C. Mihăilescu - Literatura română în postceaușism, II. Prezentul ca dezumanizare, Ed. Polirom, 2006, p. 248

Dumitru Augustin Doman - Cititorul de roman, Ed. Pământul, 2010, p. 122.

Emanuela Illie - Fantastic și alteritate, Junimea, 2013, p. 92 și urm.

George Marcu - Personalități feminine contemporane din România, Ed. Meronia, 2013 (dictionar)

Daniel Cristea Enache - Timpuri noi, Ed. Cartea Românească, 2009, pp 172; 174

Roberto Merlo - Quaderni di studi italieni e romeni, 5, 2010, Edizioni dell’Orso, p. 121

Adina Mocanu - La infancia en femenino las niñas, Icaria Editorial, Barcelona, 2016, p. 2017.

Ramón Acín - Turia, 115, Instituto de Estudio Turolenses, 2015, p. 323

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.polirom.ro/catalog/autori/rusti-doina/
  2. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6931618/
  3. ^ http://www.zf.ro/ziarul-de-duminica/cronica-literara-un-tovaras-de-sus-4309429/
  4. ^ Daniel Cristea-Enache, Timpuri noi, Editura Cartea Românească, 2009, pp 171-178
  5. ^ http://romanianwriters.ro/author.php?id=29
  6. ^ http://www.polirom.ro/catalog/carte/manuscrisul-fanariot-5695/
  7. ^ http://www.observatorcultural.ro/articol/idile-din-bucurestiul-fanariot/
  8. ^ articles_details.htmlhttp://voxpublica.realitatea.net/politica-societate/cheia-unui-roman-fara-cheie-112145.html
  9. ^ http://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/manuscrisul-fanariot-de-doina-rusti-lansat-joia-viitoare-in-bucuresti-14068819
  10. ^ http://revistaramuri.ro/index.php?id=3037&editie=105&autor=de%20Gabriela%20Gheorghi%BAor
  11. ^ http://www.romlit.ro/bucureti_vintage
  12. ^ Ramón Acín - Eliza a los once anos. Doina Ruști., in vol. Turia, 115, Instituto de Estudio Turolenses, 2015, p. 323
  13. ^ Gianluca Veneziani - Libero Quotidiano, Torino, 18.05.2012
  14. ^ Alessandra Iadicicco. La Stampa, nr 1815, 12 mai, 2012
  15. ^ La Opinion di Murcia - Antonio J. Ubero, 3.01.2015
  16. ^ nt. 115, 2015, p. 325
  17. ^ -Ovidiu Verdeş, Proba celui de al doilea roman, Revista Cuvântul, iunie, 2006
  18. ^ Horia Gârbea - Ziua literară, 22 ianuarie, 2005
  19. ^ Dan C. Mihăilescu Femeie cu omuleț, în vol. Literatura română în postceaușism, II. Prezentul ca dezumanizare, Ed. Polirom, 2006, p. 248 si urm.
  20. ^ G. Coșoveanu - Cu înţelegere despre duhuri, Revista Ramuri, nr. 9, septembrie, 2006
  21. ^ Marco Dotti -Il Manifesto, 15 mai, Torino, 2011
  22. ^ https://www.nzz.ch/international/aktuelle-themen/rumaenien-literaturpolemik-bauer-3800-ld.1339469
  23. ^ Bianca Burța-Cernat- Reabilitarea iluziei realiste, Observator cultural, nr. 459, 29 01 2009
  24. ^ Paul Cernat - Revista "22", Bucureştiul cultural, nr. 3 nov., 2009
  25. ^ Daniel Cristea-Enache - Un vampir de treabă, România literară, 13 iunie, 2008
  26. ^ http://www.revistaluceafarul.ro/index.html?id=5413&editie=203
  27. ^ a b http://orpheusz.hu/
  28. ^ http://www.traspies.com/eliza-a-los-once-anos/
  29. ^ https://futuroinsieme.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/«lisotta-a-11-anni»-il-best-seller-della-scrittrice-romena-doina-rusti-in-italiano/
  30. ^ http://www.orizonturiculturale.ro/it_recensioni_Diego-Zandel-L'omino-rosso.html
  31. ^ http://www.ilcittadino.it/p/notizie/speciale/2012/08/16/ABN1QVXB-laura_omino_rosso_mille.html
  32. ^ http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-10931150-romanul-lizoanca-11-ani-semnat-doina-rusti-fost-recompensat-premiul-ion-creanga-academiei-romane.htm
  33. ^ http://www.adevarul.ro/Scriitorilor-Premiile-Uniunii_0_64193637.html
  34. ^ http://www.asb.ro/premiile.htm Archived 9 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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