Compiled by Pompilia Chifu
See also Critical Reception
Interview: Doina Ruști on Balkanism, Femininity, Memory, and the Demons of History
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock – The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters, Routledge, 2014
Adriana Răducanu – in Postcolonial Europe? Essays on Post-Communist Literatures and Cultures, Brill, 2015
Christene d’Anca – “Mediating a Loss of History…”, Journal of European Studies, Sage, 2018
Dana Bădulescu et al. (eds.) – Women’s Imaginary Cooking and Appetites Across Cultures, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2025
Catrinel Popa – The Fantastic Revisited in East-Central European Contemporary Fiction, 2019
Alina Bako – Images of Alterity in the Contemporary Feminine Prose, Speculum, 2017
Raluca Andreescu – in Studies in Gothic Fiction, Zittau Press, 2011
Identity in narrative construction
The transformation of biography into fiction
Fantastic imagination grounded in realism
Labyrinthine structures and layered narration
Balkan and mythological dimensions
Interview with Romanian Novelist Doina Ruști by Nesrein El‑Bakhshawangy, Al‑Majalla, Cairo
Magical Food, Latin Deities, & Balkan Tradition: An Interview with Doina Ruști by Alyse Mgrdichian
See also: Critical Reception
Dan C. Mihăilescu – Woman with a Little Man, in Romanian Literature in the Post-Ceaușescu Era, II. The Present as Dehumanization, Polirom, 2006
Dan C. Mihăilescu – Romanian Literature in the Post-Ceaușescu Era. II. Prose, chapter “Apocalyptic Realism and Derision,” Polirom, 2006
Roberto Merlo, Quaderni di studi.., no. 5, 2010, Edizioni dell’Orso, Turin
Mircea Muthu - cap. The Phanariot Manuscript (Manuscrisul fanariot), în Balcanismul românesc, Școala Ardeleană, 2017, p. 713.
Alina Bako - Cartografii ficționale. Perspective asupra prozei românești, Casa Cărții de știință, 2025
Catrinel Popa - Trecutul ca poveste, Pro Universitaria, 2021.Geo Vasile – The Elixir of Narrative, in The Novel or Life. European Prose Writers, MNLR, 2007
Dumitru Augustin Doman – The Avatars of a Spirit, in The Novel Reader, Ed. Pământul, 2010
Emanuela Ilie – The Fantastic and Alterity, Junimea, 2013
Roberto Merlo – Zogru by Doina Ruști, Between History and Myth, in Quaderni di Studi Italiani e Romeni, 5, 2010, Edizioni dell’Orso, pp. 121–136
George Marcu – Contemporary Female Personalities from Romania, Meronia, 2013
Andrei Simuț – The Post-Communist Romanian Novel…, EMLR, 2015
Roberto Merlo – “Return to Babel,” Neos Edizioni, Turin, 2016
Călin Teutișan – “Levantine Fantastic...,” in Encyclopedia of Imaginaries in Romania, ed. Corin Braga, Polirom, 2020
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock – The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters, Routledge, 2014
Elena Crașovan – The World of the Living Dead…, Dacoromania Litteraria, 2017
Tania Radu – Risky Games, in Literary Fanzines, Humanitas, 2014
Catrinel Popa – The Fantastic Revisited in East-Central European Contemporary Fiction, 2019
Raluca Andreescu, in Studies in Gothic Fiction, Zittaw Press, 2011
Adriana Răducanu – Confessions from the Dead: Reading Ismail Kadare’s Spiritus as a ‘Post-Communist Gothic’ Novel, in Postcolonial Europe? Essays on Post-Communist Literatures and Cultures, eds. Dobrota Pucherova and Robert Gafrik, Brill, 2015
Alina Bako – Images of Alterity in Contemporary Women’s Prose, Speculum, 2017
Maria Șleahtițchi — The Contemporary Novel in Southeastern Europe: Between the Societal and the Literary, Meridian Critic, no. 2, 2015.
Dana Bădulescu, Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru and Florina Năstase (eds.) – Women’s Imaginary Cooking and Appetites Across Cultures: Studies in Literature, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2025
Pompilia Chifu – Doina Ruști, a Character in Her Own Book, Casa Cărții de Știință, 2025 (monographic study)
Christene d’Anca – Mediating a Loss of History…, Journal of European Studies, 2018, Sage Journals.
Alina Puskás-Bajkó – Maiorca or on the gipsy magic realism…, Journal of Romanian Literary Studies, 2021
Florina Cotoară – Zogru – the Initiating Journey, JRLS, 2017
Dumitru-Mircea Buda – Homeric or about the magical powers of storytelling, Acta Marisiensis, 2019 Integral
Cristina Balinte – The memory crisis…, Philology & Cultural Studies, 2017
Ilona Bădescu – Comparative structures referring to the human body in Doina Ruști’s Manuscrisul fanariot, Analele Universității din Craiova, Lingvistică, no. 1–2, 2022, pp. 237–253. CEEOL
Inga Duță – Expressive oppositions in Ciudățenii amoroase…, 2024
Simona Antofi – Gastronomy and literature in Doina Ruști’s novel Mâța Vinerii, Analele Universității Ștefan cel Mare, Suceava
Alina Bako – Contemporary Romanian Historical Fiction…, 2025
Valeska Bopp-Filimonov – Saddening Encounters. Children and Animals in Romanian Fiction and Beyond, Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai, 67/2022
Raluca Andreescu – A Pilgrim Through Mortal Blood: A Post-Communist Rewriting of the Western Vampire, ResearchGate, 2011
Gabriela Chiciudean- Lizoanca, wounds and cruel reality, Swedish Journal of Romanian Studies, vol 8, nr 2, 2025
Carmen Adriana Gheorghe - The Book and the Separate Room, Trivent, 2025
Simona ANTOFI, Despre magie și eros în actualitate – Doina Ruști, Homeric, ,,Comunicare interculturală și literatură” – ,,Communication interculturelle et littérature”, 2019, vol. 26, nr.1
Amalia Drăgulănescu - Fascination and Aversion* – the Imaginary of the Phanar at Three Romanian Writers*, [Studii și cercetări științifice. Seria filologie, 53/2025]
Emanuela Ilie - Lizoancala la 11 ani. Copilărie devastată, sexualitate și abuz, Annales Universitatis Apulensis. Series Philologica, No. 25/1/2024
Mircea Anghelescu. (1998). ROMANIAN STUDIES: LITERATURE. The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies, 60(1), 509-514. https://doi.org/10.1163/22224297-90000253
***Doina Rusti. Lumi, istorii, combinații simbolice , volum omagial de studii, coord. Emanuela Ilie, Vasiliana, 2022
Adrian Jicu – “The Phanariot Manuscript – a fabulous novel”, Ateneu, no. 10, October 2015
Valeria Manta Taicuțu – “The Phanariot Manuscript”, Cafeneaua literară, December 2015
Călina Bora – “The Phanariot Manuscript”, Steaua, no. 7–8, 2015
Magdalena Popa Buluc – “The Phanariot Manuscript”, Cotidianul, April 7, 2015
Tudorel Urian – “The Mysteries and Charm of Bucharest (The Phanariot Manuscript)”, Viața Românească, no. 11, November 2015, p. 8
Ioan Groșan – “A revelation-novel”, Observator cultural, no. 792, October 2, 2015
Mihaela Grădinaru – “Prisoners inside the manuscript”, Cronica veche, no. 10, October 2015
Dan Cristea – “A poematic version of the historical novel”, Luceafărul de dimineață, no. 7, July 2015, p. 4
Mariana Criș – “The Phanariot Manuscript”, Cultura, no. 525, July 18, 2015
Stelian Țurlea – “Simplicity opens the path to grandeur: Doina Ruști’s The Phanariot Manuscript”, Ziarul financiar, May 21, 2015
Adrian G. Romilă – “Phanariot décor”, Convorbiri literare, May 2015
Lucian Alecsa – “The Phanariot Manuscript”, Hyperion, no. 4–5–6, 2015
Cristian Teodorescu – “The Phanariot Manuscript”, Cațavencii, April 16, 2015
Alina Purcaru – “Idylls from Phanariot Bucharest”, Observator cultural, no. 770, May 1, 2015
Gabriela Gheorghișor – “The magic of storytelling”, Ramuri, no. 4, 2015
Luminița Corneanu – “Love in Phanariot Bucharest”, România literară, April 3, 2015
Emanuela Ilie – “The Phanariot Manuscript”, Convorbiri literare, March 2016
Mircea Muthu – “The Phanariot Manuscript. Word, style”, Apostrof, no. 4 (311), April 2016 (link in list)
Gabriel Enache – “The Phanariot Manuscript”, Cultura de sâmbătă, March 3, 2016
Dana Sala – “Alessandro Baricco’s Seta (Silk) and Doina Ruști’s* Manuscrisul fanariot* (The Phanariot Manuscript)**”, in Weaving a Narrative from Metamorphoses, 2015, ALLRO, vol. 22, article code 487-121
Alina Puskás-Bajkó – “Maiorca or on the gipsy magic realism of seduction in Doina Ruști’s Manuscrisul fanariot**”, Journal of Romanian Literary Studies, no. 6/2021, p. 546
Ilona Bădescu – “Comparative structures referring to the human body in Doina Ruști’s Manuscrisul fanariot**”, Analele Universității din Craiova, Lingvistică, no. 1–2, 2022, pp. 237–253 (CEEOL)
Claudia Nițu – The struggle for identity and freedom in Manuscrisul fanariot, Elefantul de bibliotecă
Bianca Burța Cernat – “Fiction and magic in Phanariot Bucharest”, Observator cultural, no. 863, 2017
Gabriela Gheorghișor – “Phanariot Bucharest from enchanted coral”, Ramuri, no. 4, 2015 (link in list)
Alina Bako – “Contemporary Romanian Historical Fiction as a Mediating Transistor of the ‘Zemiperiphery’ (The Phanariot Manuscript)”, Studia Universitatis, Philologia, 2025, vol. 70
Inga Druță – “Expressive oppositions in ‘Ciudățenii amoroase din Bucureștiul fanariot’”, in Limbă, Literatură, Folclor (article; IDS/IBN link in list)
Amalia Drăgulănescu - Aspects of the New Romanian Magical Realism in the Novel Homeric by Doina Ruști , „Journal of Romanian Literary Studies” - International Romanian Humanities Journal, Arhipelag XXI Press, Târgu-Mureș, 2025
Inga Duță – “Expressive oppositions in Ciudățenii amoroase…**”, Cercetări lingvistice, 1, 04.2024 (Institute of Philology “B.P.-Hasdeu” of MSU). https://ibn.idsi.md/ro/vizualizare_articol/207030
Christene d’Anca – “Mediating a loss of history in Doina Rusti’s The Ghost in the Mill**”, Journal of European Studies, vol. 48, 3–4 (2018), pp. 265–277; first published Oct 22, 2018
Andrei Simuț – “Fictionalizing panoramas of the communist past: Un singur cer deasupra lor, Fantoma din moară, Pupa russa”, in The Post-Communist Romanian Novel…, EMLR, 2015
Doris Mironescu – “Fantoma din moară”, Suplimentul de cultură, May 9–15, 2009, p. 10
Constantin Dram – “The novel’s multiple memory”, Convorbiri literare, no. 10, October 2008
Mihaela Ursa – “History at MAX”, Apostrof, no. 11, 2008
Adrian Neculau – “The mill, the ghosts, the fear”, Ziarul de Iași, April 27, 2009
Adriana Bittel – “Doina Ruști: Fantoma din moară**”, Formula AS, no. 854, 21.02.2009
Radu Nedelcuț – “Look back in anger”, Noua literatură, April 2009
Silviu Gongonea – “Fantoma din moară”, Mozaicul, no. 7/2009
Ovidiu Șimonca – “Without pathos…”, Observator cultural, no. 465, 2009
Dan Cristea – “In seeking the origins”, Luceafărul, no. 1, 2009
Mihai Iovănel – “Travelling circular”, Cultura, no. 4, 29.01.2009
Bianca Burța Cernat – “Rehabilitating the realist illusion”, Observator cultural, no. 459, 29.01.2009
Șerban Axinte – “Memory and suspense”, Observator cultural, no. 459, 29.01.2009
Paul Cernat – “Romanian communism in the mill of magical realism”, Revista 22, “Bucharest Cultural”, no. 2, December 2008
Adriana Stan – “Fantoma din moară”, Cultura, 29.01.2009
Lucian Alexa – “Fantoma din moară”, Evenimentul zilei, September 26, 2009
Constantin Dram – “Reality in struggle with fiction”, Convorbiri literare, April 2008
Horia Gârbea – “Editorial event: Fantoma din moară**”, Săptămâna financiară, 03.10.2008; and Luceafărul, no. 32/2008
Markus Bauer – “International aktuelle themen… [Fantoma din moară]”, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 04.01.2018
Elena Crașovan – “The World of The Living Dead…”, Dacoromania Litteraria, IV/2017, pp. 93–109
Bianca Burța Cernat – „Banalitatea Răului”, Revista 22 („Bucureștiul cultural”), 6 octombrie 2009.
Paul Cernat – „Valachia News”, Revista 22 („Bucureștiul cultural”), 3 noiembrie 2009.
Gabriela Gheorghișor – „Spectrul memoriei”, Dilemateca, nr. 31, decembrie 2008.
Gabriel Coșoveanu – „Mesaje spectrale”, Ramuri, nr. 10, octombrie 2008.
Luminița Marcu – „Doina Ruști, pe fîșia îngustă… Parodierea vampirismului”, Suplimentul de cultură, 29 aprilie–5 mai 2006.
Gelu Ionescu – Târziu de departe, Cartea Românească, 2012 (pp. 112 și urm.).
Florin Irimia – „Un aer de sfârșit plutea peste lume”, Suplimentul de cultură, nr. 392, 23 martie 2013.
Monica Grosu – „Privirea din obiectiv”, Luceafărul de dimineață, nr. 11–12, noiembrie–decembrie 2013.
Mircea Pricajan – „From Here to Eternity”, Familia, iunie 2013.
Andreea Banciu – „Mămica la două albăstrele – despre dificultatea de a fi cititor detașat”, Semne bune, 25 decembrie 2013.
Tudorel Urian – „Mămica la două albăstrele”, Viața Românească, nr. 7–8, 16 octombrie 2013.
Tania Radu – „O ficțiune fericită”, Revista 22, 20.10.2015.
Mihai Diac – „Un nou roman de avangardă al scriitoarei Doina Ruști”, România liberă, 29.09.2019 (link în listă).
Luiza Negură – „Liber Historiarum”, Convorbiri literare, noiembrie 2025.
Elvira Sorohan – „Un roman despre vremea poeților Văcărești”, Convorbiri literare, august 2015.
Ileana Marin, Ferenike, Ficțiunea, 113
Ramón Acín – „Eliza a los once años. Doina Ruști”, în Turia, nr. 115, Instituto de Estudios Turolenses, 2015, p. 323.
Markus Bauer – „International aktuelle themen… [Fantoma din moară]”, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 04.01.2018.
Pedro Gandolfo – „Un espíritu ligeramente inquieto (Zogru)”, El Mercurio (Chile), 19 august 2018.
Leonardo Sanhueza – „Llega a Chile un espíritu mortífero…”, Las Últimas Noticias (Santiago), 7 mai 2018.
Dulce Carpio – „Travesías y entretenimiento por una niña”, La Jornada (Mexico City) (link Issuu în listă).
Marco Dotti – „Zogru”, Il Manifesto (Italia), 15 mai 2011.
Alessandra Iadicicco – „L’omino rosso”, La Stampa, nr. 1815, 12 mai 2012.
Giuseppe Ortolano – „Com’è strano l’amore a Bucarest a quarant’anni”, Il Venerdì di Repubblica, 23 martie 2012.
Gianluca Veneziani – „Gli allegri assassini venuti dall’Est…”, Il Libero Quotidiano (Torino), 18.05.2012.
Roberto Merlo – Ritorno a Babele, Neos Edizioni, Torino, 2016.
***– „Laura, l’omino rosso e le mille vie del web”, Il Citattido, 16 agosto 2012.
Antonio J. Ubero – „Las fábricas del odio”, La Opinión, 03.01.2015, p. 5.
Eftenie, Anca Luminița – Hibridizări ale fantasticului. Mircea Eliade și Doina Ruști, coord. lect. univ. dr. habil. Florinel I. Oprescu, Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara (rezumat; link UVT în listă).
Costianu, Georgeta Pompilia – Particularități tematice, construcție textuală și profil identitar în proza Doinei Ruști, cond. șt. Nicoleta Ifrim, Universitatea „Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, 2022 (link ARTHRA/UGAL în listă).
Parchirie, Andrada-Giorgiana – Ipostaze ale fantasticului în proza românească postbelică, coord. prof. univ. dr. Dorin Ștefănescu, UMFST „George Emil Palade” Târgu Mureș (rezumat; link UMFST în listă).
Oanea, Oana-Larisa – Metamorfoze ale experienței comuniste în discursul epic feminin postdecembrist/ Metamorphoses of the Communist Experience…, coord. prof. univ. Rodica Ilie, Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov (rezumat; link UnitBV în listă).
Adina Mocanu – Female body in the Postcommunism Romanianhttps://www.euromedwomen.foundation/pg/en/profile/adinamocanuliterature and she is interested in themes such as sexuality, vulnerability, illness and violence. (despre Lizoanca la 11 ani):\
AnamariaLaura Ciocan - TIPOLOGII FEMININE ÎN PROZAROMÂNEASCĂ A ANILOR 2000, TG. Mureș, coord. Iulian Boldea, 2023.
See also: CRITICAL RECEPTION of the novels signed by Doina Ruști
2.1. Novels
Platanos, Youngart, 2025
Sălbatica, Booklet, 2025
Ferenike, Humanitas, 2025
Zavaidoc în anul iubirii, Bookzone, 2024
Paturi oculte/Occult Beds, Litera, BPC, 2020
Homeric, Polirom, Fiction Ltd, 2019
Logodnica, Polirom, Fiction Ltd, 2017
Mâța Vinerii/The Book of Perilous Dishes, Polirom, Fiction Ltd, 2017, Top 10+, 2018
Manuscrisul fanariot/The Phanariot Manuscript, Polirom, Fiction Ltd, Top 10+, 2016, 2017
Mămica la două albăstrele, Polirom, 2013
Patru bărbați plus Aurelius /Four Men plus Aurelius, Polirom, 2011
Cămașa în carouri și alte 10 întâmplări din București /The Plaid Shirt (epic puzzle), Polirom, 2010, Litera, 2023
Lizoanca la 11 ani (novel), Ed. Trei, 2009; Polirom, 2017; Litera 2022
Fantoma din moară/The Ghost in the Mill, Polirom, Ego. Proză, Litera: 2008; 2017, 2024
Zogru (novel), Polirom, Iași, 2006; 2013
Omulețul roșu/The Little Red Man, Ed. Vremea, Bucharest, 2004; 2012
2.2. Short fiction
2.2.1. Volumes
Depravatul din Gorgani, Litera, 2023
Ciudățenii amoroase din Bucureștiul Fanariot/The Curious Loves of Phanariot Bucharest, Litera, 2022
2.2.2. Periodicals, anthologies, textbooks
The Blue Forest, textbook, 7th grade, Geanina Oprea
Cocrișel, in When the Future Was Small (ed. Florentina Sâmihăian), foreword by Liviu Papadima, illustrations by Oana Ispir & Dan Ungureanu; ART, Arthur, 2021
Herr, in Thirteen, Litera, BPC, 2021
Platanos, textbook for 8th grade, ART Publishing House, 2020
The Secret, “Echinox Anthology”, no. 1, 2018
Kant and Max, in the anthology “PEN95 Romania”, 2017
The Treacherous Shadow of a Love, Apostrof magazine, no. 8, 2016
European Union, in the volume How We Love, Vellant Publishing House, 2016
The Lost Militiaman, in the volume Writers at the Police, Polirom, 2016
Cream Truffles, România literară, no. 31, 2015
The Mangy Forest, Ramuri, no. 2, 2014
35 Minutes After, România literară, 2014
The Visit, România literară, no. 8, 2013
The Black Fiat, Viața românească, no. 9–10, 2013
Prince Avolo, in Who’s Afraid of Computers? (eds. Tina Sâmihăian, Liviu Papadima), Arthur Publishing House, 2013
Trattoria Amore, Catchy, April 30, 2012
The Mall Cinema, România literară, no. 7, 2012
The DNA Crypts, Ziarul financiar, June 15, 2012
The Lover, România literară, no. 29, 2011
How Cici Bezergheanu’s Disenchantment Began, Bucharest Cultural, no. 107, July 19, 2011
Provincial Magazine, Obiectiv Cultural, May 2, 2011
The Red Whistle, Timpul magazine, March 2011
Apartment 26, Timpul, March 2011
Lost Details, in “Contemporary Romanian Literature”, Echinox anthology, 2011
Topaz Earrings, “Old and New Bucharest”, Editura Subiectiv, 2011 (ed. Andrei Slăvuțeanu)
Năltărogul, “Old and New Bucharest”, Editura Subiectiv, 2011 (ed. Andrei Slăvuțeanu)
Mrs. Glodeanu’s Long-Awaited Hour — Revista 22, “Bucharest Cultural”, no. 103, 2010
The Devil in Love, Revista la plic, no. 4, 2010, Chișinău
Bill Clinton’s Hand, Revista 22, “Bucharest Cultural”, no. 95, 2010
The Message in the Bottle, “Mnemosyning”, “Triade”, 2010
My Gynecologists, in the volume “Travel Companions” (eds. Dan Lungu, Radu Pavel Gheo), Polirom, 2010
A Murderous Lout’s Noon, România literară, no. 25, 2010
The Imp from Batiște Street, Luceafărul de dimineață, no. 1–2, 2010
Beyond the Purple Gate, in What’s the Deal with Reading, Art Publishing House, 2010 (eds. Liviu Papadima, Tina Sâmihăian)
The Victor, Convorbiri literare, March 2009
Marțisara’s Gift, in Bookătăria de texte (“The Text Kitchen”), “The Illustrators’ Club” (ed. Florin Bican), 2009 (collective volume)
The Wig Shop, România literară, no. 52, 2009
An Easter Story, România literară, no. 15, 2009
The MP Collapses, “Nine Unpublished Political Novellas”, Tritonic Publishing House, 2009 (editor/coordinator: Horia Gârbea)
Horia Gârbea (collective volume)
A Crime and Four People Who Chatter On, Hyperion magazine, 1–3, 2009 (story written in 1990)
The Padlock and the Key, România literară, no. 45, 2008
SIGCHLD, fork() and sleep(), under the title The History Lesson, România literară, no. 29, July 25, 2008
Cherries in Asphalt, in “Pranks, Tears, and a Bucket of Blood”, Limes Publishing House, 2008 (ed. Mircea Petean) — Writers’ Union anthology
My Uncle, the Postman, Mozaicul, no. 4, 2008
European Union, România literară, no. 48, 2007
Cristian, România literară, no. 17/2007
Tits, in “Romanian Erotic Stories”, Editura Trei, 2007
Near St. Silvestru Church, Convorbiri literare, November 2006
Lulu, Vatra, no. 11–12, 2005
The Message, Viața Românească, no. 8–9, 2004
F A I R Y T A L E S
The Beauty from Milk, The Red Man, etc., in Romanian Mystical Fairy Tales and Stories, Retold (in collaboration with Horia Gârbea and Liviu Ioan Stoiciu), Paralela 45 Publishing House, 2007
The Imp’s Dream, in the volume More and More, Art Publishing House, 2017, etc.
3. Editions, texts published in other languages (selective)
3.1 Novels – in translation
A malom kísértete, Orpheusz Kiadó, Budapest, 2024. Trans. Enikő Szenkovics
Zogru, Les Editions du Typhon; Marseille, 2022. Trans. Florica Courriol
Doreshrimi fanariot, Dukagjini Publishing House, trans. Maniela Sota, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo, 2024
Das Phantom in der Mühle, Verlag Klak, Berlin, 2018, trans Eva Wemme; [Leipzig]
Freitagskatze, Verlag Klak, Berlin, 2018, trans. Roland Erb
La gata del viernes, Esdrújula Ediciones, Granada, 2019, trans. Enrique Nogueras
The Book of Perilous Dishes, Neem Tree Press, London, 2022, trans. James Ch. Brown
Arto receptek konyve, Orpheusz Kiadó, Budapest, 2018. Trans. Enikő Szenkovics
Lisoanca, Horlemann Verlag, Berlin, 2013, trans. Jan Cornelius
Lisoanca, Rediviva Edizioni, Milan, 2013, trans. Beatrice Coman
Eliza a los once años, Ediciones Traspiés, Granada, 2014
Lizoanca tizenegy évesen, Orpheusz, Budapest, 2015, trans. Enikő Szenkovics
Eliza, Antolog, Skopje, 2015, trans. Alexandra Kaitozis
Lizoanca, 11 godina, ŠTRIK Publishing House, Belgrade, 2021, trans. Daniela Popov
Zogru, Les Editions du Typhon, Marseille, 2022, trans. Florica Courriol
Zogru, Descontextos, Santiago de Chile, 2018, trans. Sebastian Teillier
Zogru, Balkani Publisher, Sofia, 2008, trans. Vasilka Alexova
Zogru, Bonanno Editore, Rome, 2010, trans. Roberto Merlo
Zogru, Sétatér Kulturális Egyesület, 2014, trans. Enikő Szenkovics
L’omino rosso, Nikita Editore, Florence, 2012, trans. Roberto Merlo
L’omino rosso, Sandro Teti Editore, Rome, 2021, trans. Roberto Merlo
3.2. Chapters, stories in translation
The Ghost in the Mill (Fantoma din moară) (excerpt), in Your Impossible Voice, 2021, trans. Ileana Marin
Cong Quan Shan Dao Ping Yuan De Li Zan, Si Chuan Min Zu Chu Ban She, Sichuan, 2019
The Truancy, The Stockholm Review of Literature
The Phanariot Manuscript (trans. Liana Grama), Trafika Europe, Penn State University Libraries, no. 8, 2016
The Lover (trans. Andrew Davidson), Trafika Europe, Penn State University Libraries, no. 8, 2016
Eliza (Lizoanca), trans. Alexandra Kaitozis, Antolog, Skopje, 2015
Eliza a los once años, Ediciones Traspiés, Granada, 2014 (trans. Enrique Nogueras)
Lizoanca tizenegy évesen, trans. Enikő Szenkovics, Orpheusz Kiadó, Budapest, 2015
Fenerlilere ait elyasmasi eser (Manuscrisul fanariot), excerpt, trans. Leila Unal, Sözcükler, 58, April 2015, Istanbul
Zogru, Sétatér Kulturális Egyesület, 2014, via the “Franyó Zoltán” scholarship granted by the Hungarian government (trans. Enikő Szenkovics)
Lizoanca, Horlemann Verlag, Berlin, 2013 (trans. Jan Cornelius)
Lisoanca, Rediviva Edizioni, Milan, 2013 (trans. Ingrid Beatrice Coman)
Apartment 26, trans. Oana Ursulesku, Koračić, Belgrade, 2013
L’omino rosso, Nikita Editore, Florence, 2012 (trans. Roberto Merlo)
Bill Clinton’s Hand, Bucharest Tales, New Europe Writers, 2011 (eds. A. Fincham, J. G. Coon, John a’Beckett)
Kareli gomlek ve Bukreș'teki Bașka On Hadise (Cămașa în carouri și alte 10 întâmplări din București), trans. Cristina Dincer, Kalem Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 2011
I miei ginecologi, in Compagne di viaggio, Sandro Teti Editore, 2011 (trans. Anita Bernacchia) (eds. Radu Pavel Gheo, Dan Lungu)
Ura pri univerzi, Zgodbe iz Romunije, Sodobnost International, Ljubljana, 2011
Zogru (trans. Roberto Merlo), Ed. Bonanno, 2010, Rome; Catania
L’omino rosso (trans. Roberto Merlo), in Il romanzo romeno contemporaneo, Ed. Bagatto Libri, 2010, Rome
Zogru (excerpt) and biobibliographical presentation, in 11 books contemporary Romanian prose, Polirom, 2006, trans. Alistair Ian Blyth
Zogru (novel), Balkani Publishing House, Sofia, trans. Vasilka Alexova
Învingătorul (The Victor) — anthology of the magazine Nagyvilag (trans. Noémi László), Budapest, Sept. 2010
Cristian (French trans. Linda Maria Baros), Paris, Le Bateau Fantôme, no. 8, 2009, ed. Mathieu Hilfiger
Cristián (trans. Sebastián Teillier), Madrid, El fantasma de la glorieta, no. 16/2008
Cristian (trans. Alistair Ian Blyth), ICR anthology, 2011
The Beginning (poem), in Under a Quicksilver Moon, 2002, USA, Library of Congress
Dictionary of Symbols in Mircea Eliade’s Work (excerpt), in La Jornada Semanal, nos. 455–456, 2003 (trans. José Antonio Hernández García)
After the monograph Doina Ruști as a Character in Her Own Book by Pompilia Chifu (doctoral dissertation).
Doina Ruști. Critical Bibliography and Studies on the Work of Doina Ruști. www.doinarusti.ro/despre.html#_biblio, accessed in 2025.
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