Doina
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Doina Ruști - Literary Profile


Who I Am (and Who I’m Not)

Romanian Writer

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Author of 15 novels and over 300 stories

Romanian Novelist

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Doina Ruști is one of Romania’s leading contemporary novelists. She is the author of fourteen novels and three short story collections, widely acclaimed for their blend of historical fiction, fantastical elements, and political depth. Her work is studied in schools and has received major national awards, including the Romanian Academy Prize and the Writers’ Union Prose Award.

Her Phanariot Trilogy — The Phanariot ManuscriptThe Book of Perilous Dishes", and Homeric — explores 18th-century Balkan history through magical-realist lenses. [The Book of Perilous Dishes] was published in English by Neem Tree Press (UK, 2022 & 2024). Other notable titles include Lizoanca at the Age of Eleven (translated into 7 languages) and The Ghost in the Mill, a sweeping narrative about Romanian communism.

Her most recent books — Occult Beds), Zavaidoc in the year of love, and Ferenike — are bestsellers in Romania. 

Ferenike, her most personal and politically resonant novel, is an autobiographical fiction that spans six decades of Romanian history, guilt, and feminine resistance.

In parallel, she is a university professor and screenwriter, teaching cultural history and creative writing at the University of Bucharest.

Doina Ruști / Doina Rusti

Humanitas

Website: www.doinarusti.ro

Select platforms: Instagram \| YouTube

https://www.facebook.com/rustido

https://adevarul.ro/blogs/doina.rusti

Literary networks and thematic resonances: Mircea Cărtărescu, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Herta Müller, Olga Tokarczuk, Mariana Enriquez. More

Featured guest on ALTCEVA cu Adrian Artene – Romania’s most-watched cultural podcast (2025)

A recent Interview (eng)

The Phanariot Manuscript în Sardinia​​

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DOINA RUȘTI’s (February 15th, 1957) ancestors are from Montenegro, they are Turks, Jews and especially Danubian Romanians, and her writings are outlined by a highlighted Balkanism and a mythical realm of various sources. She spent her childhood in a village in southern Romania (Comoșteni), raised by a family of teachers, who made great efforts to survive in a communist world. The absurd rules and chaos reigning at the end of the dictatorship are stressed in The Ghost in the Mill, a novel that depicts a fantastic universe, ruled by ghosts and hierophanies. The novel earned her the Writers' Union of Romania’s Award, and it was deemed "one of the most convincing and expressive works of fiction about domestic communism published in the last decade". (Paul Cernat).

Translated into German, it was acclaimed in the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung: "Doina Ruști's book displays a wide range of literary skills, which will surely prevail in the Romanian history of the twentieth century."

In J. A. Weinstock's Encyclopedia, the style of the novel The Ghost in the Mill is classified as neo-Gothic.

Other novels are written in the same fantasy vein. Zogru (translated into Italian, Hungarian, Spanish, Bulgarian) brings forward an unusual character and a fantasy style akin to the one portrayed in Chagall's paintings, as noted in a daily newspaper from Santiago de Chile:

“Full of humor in some scenes, tragic and fierce in others, marvelous and bright at times, like a Chagall painting, this wonderful story is governed by the terrible loneliness that encapsulates the human spirit in the absence of love.” (Pedro Gandolfo, El Mercurio)

The novel received the Writers' Union Award, alongside a scholarship from the Hungarian government and enthusiastic reviews, including in Italy.

The same style is used in novels such as The Little Red Man (2004), Homeric (2019) and Occult Beds (2021), but especially in The Book of Perilous Dishes. The latter, probably her most translated novel, was awarded the Prize for the best translated book by the Hungarian Writers’ Union (Budapest, 2017), and it was acclaimed for its fantastic narrative and style:

The Book of Perilous Dishes – a stylistic delight, essential literature, similar to Süskind’s Perfume up to a point and then to Evgheni Vodolazkin’s Laurus from that point forward. (Dan C. Mihailescu).

The Phanariot Manuscript (2015), partially translated into English, distinguishes itself by bringing into play a type of magical, fabulous and lyrical realism.

Academic study by Doina Ruști published in the Journal of Linguistics, University of Craiova.

Other novels draw on raw realism. Among them, Lizoanca at the age of eleven, which has been highly praised by both the national and foreign press, was granted the Ion Creangă Award by the Romanian Academy in 2009. The novel was often admired for both its literary value (La Opinion – Murcia, La Jornada, Mexico) and authentic writing:

“Doina Ruști gradually unfolds the story and prolongs pain and terror until they reach unsuspected heights, by bringing their roots to the surface. She succeeded in writing about that dark and even invisible part of society, questioning many of its crucial aspects. Doina Ruști has the rare ability to depict the hypocrisy of man and society at large, the many displays of cruelty disguised as most harmless acts which, at the same time and under the guise of apathy in epic development, wield their ceaseless corrosive power. A pictorial and cinematic writing, achieved in part thanks to the perfect use of comparison.” (Ramón Acín, Turia, 2015).

A Budapest daily newspaper ranks it among the best books translated in 2015, along with Houellebecq's Submission, and Il Libero (Turin) compares it in style to Camus' The Plague.

The Little Red Man was very well received in our country and in Italy, acclaimed for its originality of delivery (La Stampa), complexity of theme (Il Venerdì di Repubblica) and fantasy distinctness (Stato).

„…un mondo allucinato, convulso, assurdo eppure coerente e reale quanto sa esserlo la fantasia, un bizzarro e imprevedibile Paese delle Meraviglie elettronico in cui Laura si avventura incantata e indomita come un’Alice telematica.” (Roberto Merlo –“Ritorno a Babele", Neos Edizioni, 2016, Torino)

Taking an interest in both the fantastic and the realistic realms, Doina Ruști succeeds in writing about the atrocities of the contemporary world just as convincingly as she does about high ideals. Her characters, whether realistic or fantastic, are memorable and outstanding. Her novels are often populated by rapists, murderers, starving people, corrupt and consumed by petty ideals. But with the same skill wielded by the well-versed novelist, Doina Ruști also builds fantastic characters, elves, goblins, ghosts, enchanted tomcats and sorcerers, a craft that prompted some critics to compare her work to that of Bulgakov, Süskind or Marquez. (apud Dan C. Mihailescu, Bojidar Kuncev).

The wide variety of themes, steadfastly moored to present times, as well as Doina Ruști’s distinctive ability to easily switch her narrative style earned her an unquestionable place among the best writers of contemporary Romanian literature. (Nicolae Breban).

Doina Ruști, Nicolae Breban

Doina Ruști lives in Bucharest, is a professor: The History of Universal Culture & Civilization. Currently only creative writing workshops at the University of Bucharest.

Convinced that giving up on the names of her ancestors is one of the great challenges man undertakes, she writes under Ruști.

The First Book: 1997

This is the first exegesis of Eliade's work since the fall of communism, in which both his fiction and his scientific work are analyzed. It contains almost 100 symbols, arranged in two large categories: fundamental opposites and coincidentia oppositorum (harmony of opposites).

This is Doina Ruști's debut book. More

Her writings have been honored by exegeses and laudatory reviews in numerous daily newspapers and international literary magazines, including El Mercurio (Santiago de Chille), Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Il Manifesto, Las Últimas Noticias, La Jornada (Mexico City), Stato Quotidiano, Turia, La Stampa, La Opinión, Il Libero, Magyar Nemzet, La Repubblica, Beijing Daily and others.

Web page: http://doinarusti.ro

Trans Bianca Zbarcea

Leipzig, 2018: Doina Ruști & Filip Florian

[Leipzig: Doina Ruști & Lizoanca]

Read Doina Ruști’s essay “A Journey to Italy” published in the cultural supplement Ziarul de Duminică.

Affiliations and Professional Memberships

Doina Ruști is an active member of the Writers’ Union of Romania, PEN Club Romania, and the Writers & Fiction Makers Association (ACF).
She is also affiliated with Dacin-Sara (copyright management for film and screenwriters) and Copyro (literary rights).

Her editorial collaborations include leading Romanian publishers — HumanitasARTPoliromLitera, Vremea, and Bookzone — as well as international partners through New Europe Writers and the EU–China Literary Festival,Historical Novel Society(USA)

She has also been a guest author at the L’Isola delle Storie – Gavoi Literary Festival (Sardinia, Italy), where she was introduced by Italian novelist Marcello Fois, founder and president of the festival.

She is a regular contributor to Ficțiunea magazine, a major Romanian literary platform.

Her work has been featured at Frankfurt Book FairWorlds Without EndAmazon Books, and other international showcases.

For recent media coverage, interviews, and international features, see the News & Press

For critical essays, book reviews, and scholarly studies on her work, visit Critical Reception

“Read, men, what women have written about you!” — motto of her literary philosophy.

Doina Ruști & Other Writers

My biography starts with libraries and writers

I was kind of an explorer. I was expecting to discover amazing things, different from what my family discovered in the books they had read. My father loved poetry. My grandmother was reading contemporary novels, often Romanian ones. My mother was fond of the emotional romance books. And my grandfather’s reading taste was extremely diverse. Besides, he was the only one in the family who was reading even the newspaper. In this context, I secretly started to read Balzac at the age of 14. And not just one, but his entire volumes from our library shelf. The broad phrase and the solid structure of his novels gave me such comfort that I was convinced that I would not read any other writer for the rest of my life. Balzac was my first love or, in other words, that perfume that evaporates whenever one wants to retrieve it.

Doina Duști & her Family

Public lectures, events:

Beijing (2019), Madrid (2019), Goangzhou, Shenzhen (2018), Gavoi (2018), Santiago de Chile (2018), Istanbul (2015), Barcelona (2014), Budapesta (2007, 2014, 2015, 2018), Viena (2008), Plovdiv (2009), Torino (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013), Frankfurt (2009, 2018), Leipzig (2010, 2013, 2018), Moscova (2010), Roma (2011, 2012), Granada (2011), Dusseldorff (2013), Berlin (2013).

Contemporary Writers, with

A series of short videos by Romanian novelist Doina Ruști introducing characters from her novels (Video)

Education

2007-2008 Training internship: Story editing, Script editing. Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning (WBL) &  Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC).  Coord. John Vorhaus. 

2000 Ph.D, University from Bucharest

1976-1980 Faculty of Philology, "Al. I. Cuza" University, Iași

1972-1976 Garabet Ibraileanu Highschool (Classical Languages), Iași

When I graduated, I was 23 years old and i looked like a starved Asian. I was coming to Bucharest every month, carrying different manuscripts with me and trying to enter a publishing house. Usually there was someone, a janitor, and I could never get past him. Even now I have many files with short prose, that were very fashionable at the time. "The Ghost in the mill" itself dates back to the same period.

Doina Ruști, 1978, student

Institutional affiliation

Bucharest University

Member of The Writers' Union of Romania

Member of PEN Club

Dacin Sara

BOOKS

NOVELS

Doina Ruști — Selected Works

  1. Ferenike (2025, Humanitas) — 74,000 w; bestseller
    An autobiographical novel based on a murder witnessed in a 1968 Danube village, weaving Balkan cultural textures with Cold War intrigue and historical-political ties involving Nixon, Ceaușescu, and Romania.

  2. The Wild Girl (Sălbatica,), Booklet, 2025) — 65,000 w
    A YA novel set during the Stalinist deportations, telling an optimistic love story between two teenagers. It explores resilience and hope amidst a dark chapter of history. The entire text is translated into English.

  3. Platanos, Youngart, Grupul Editorial Art, 2025 - 70.000. An unhappy boy, a Christmas wish, and… a metamorphosis. Platanos is a dystopia, continuing the short story of the same title, studied in middle school, written at the request of students and teachers.

  4. Zavaidoc in the Year of Love (Zavaidoc în anul iubirii) (2024, Bookzone) — 80,000 w
    The love story of a famous interwar singer, set in 1923 and told from three different perspectives. A national bestseller and nominee for Bookzone’s Best Fiction Book.

  5. Occult Beds (Paturi oculte) (2020, 2022, Litera) — 75,000 words
    A sensual, esoteric novel set in Bucharest, blending urban realism with mysticism, erotic tension, and a spectral atmosphere. Fantasy and speculative fiction with strong appeal to YA readers.
    Adapted into mini-films by 54 high schools.

  6. Homeric (2019, Polirom)
    The story of a magical plant, pressed between the pages of the Iliad—a fantasy-tinged mystery and love story, narrated by an enigmatic character whose identity is revealed only toward the end. The third novel in the Phanariot Trilogy.

  7. The Book of Perilous Dishes (Mâța Vinerii) (2017, Polirom) — 80,000 words
    The second volume of the Phanariot trilogy, blending magic, history, and culinary arts. Featuring sorcerers and enchanted recipes, the novel explores mystical and political intrigues of the 18th-century Balkans.
    Internationally praised and translated into English, Spanish, German, Hungarian, and Chinese. Premiered in Budapest.

  8. The Fiancée (Logodnica) (2017, Polirom)
    A Norwegian man paid me to write the story of his great love for a Romanian woman. I agreed—on one condition: I would also tell her side of the story. What emerged is a sharp, ironic bestseller about love, illusion, and the unbridgeable gulf between Eastern and Western Europe.

  9. The Phanariot Manuscript (Manuscrisul fanariot) (2015, Polirom; 2022, Litera)
    The first novel of the Phanariot Trilogy — an atmospheric love story set in 18th-century Bucharest, based on a real historical manuscript: an actual contract for the sale of a human being. Richly researched and layered, the novel explores themes of power, desire, and destiny in the Ottoman-influenced Balkans. It has gone through multiple Romanian editions and has been translated into Albanian, with excerpts published in English, Turkish, and Italian. A full Spanish translation is currently underway.

  10. Lizoanca at the Age of Eleven (Lizoanca la 11 ani) (2009, Trei; reissued by Polirom 2017, Litera, in the author’s series, 2023)
    A powerful and controversial coming-of-age story set in rural Romania, based on a true case of an 11-year-old girl accused of causing illness in an entire village. Awarded the Romanian Academy’s Ion Creangă Prize. Translated into German, Spanish, Hungarian, Serbian, Macedonian, and Italian.

  11. The Story of an Adulterer (Mămica la două albăstrele) (2013, Polirom; Litera 2024, author’s series)
    A psychological, realist novel exploring the hypocrisy surrounding child adoption and the exhaustion of the family institution, all set against the backdrop of an adulterous affair. Featuring elements of crime and deep psychological insight.

  12. Four Men Plus Aurelius (Patru bărbați plus Aurelius) (2011, Polirom) — 50,000 w
    A bizarre short novel, told with a comic-strip sensibility, about a woman who seemingly accidentally kills four men, while grappling with a psychosis centered on the belief that she killed Aurelius—the beloved kitten of her grandfather.

  13. The Ghost in the Mill (Fantoma din moară) (2008, 2017, Polirom; 2024, Litera, author series) — 110,000 words
    My most important novel and greatest success to date. Upon publication, several literary magazines dedicated entire issues to it. A complex and stylistically innovative novel about Romanian communism, built around a rewritten biography told in the rhythm of a thriller, with a gothic atmosphere. It explores the idea that no crime can be judged by laws other than those that created it.
    Winner of the Union of Romanian Writers’ Prose Award. Translated into German.

  14. Zogru (2006, 2013, Polirom; Litera 2022)
    The story of an immortal being who lives through history from Dracula’s era to the present—a picaro who dwells in human blood and alters destinies. Also a witty and humorous dismantling of the vampire myth, exploring human solitude with irony. Winner of the Writers’ Union Prose Award. Translated into Italian, French, Spanish, Hungarian, and Bulgarian.

  15. The Little Red Man (Omulețul roșu) (2004, Vremea; 2020, Litera) — 100,000 w
    A fable-like fantasy and metafictional manifesto about storytelling and transformation. Set during the early years of the internet, it follows a woman’s rebellion and the uncanny appearance of a little red man—born from the frustrations of a society just emerging from communism.
    My literary debut and personal manifesto, the novel explores themes of isolation, feminine revolt, and the mutability of narrative itself.
    Awarded by Convorbiri Literare magazine. Translated into Italian (two editions).

[Frankfurter Buchmesse, 2017: Doina Ruști]

STORIES

  1. The Plaid Shirt and 10 Other Tales from Bucharest (Cămașa în carouri și alte 10 întâmplări din București)(2010, Polirom; 2023, Litera) — 45,000 w
    A collection of eleven fantastical urban stories featuring time travel, miracles, love, and death—where Bucharest itself becomes a living character. The tales are subtly interconnected, culminating in a unified finale. Written in a style reminiscent of Mariana Enriquez. Several stories from this volume have been translated individually into various languages.

  2. Amorous Oddities from Phanariot Bucharest (Ciudățenii amoroase din Bucureștiul fanariot) (2022, Litera) — Bestseller
    Around 50 short stories based on historical records and private manuscripts (lists of found, stolen, or purchased objects, etc.).

  3. The Debauched Man of Gorgani (Depravatul din Gorgani) (2023, Litera) — Bestseller
    A thematic short story collection set in the 18th-century Phanariot era, exploring various acts of debauchery.

NB: I have also written nonfiction, including The Dictionary of Symbols in Mircea Eliade’s Work.

Translated work

  • Dorëshkrimi fanariot (Manuscrisul fanariot), trad. Maniela Sota (2024, albaneză, Prishtinë).

  • A malom kísértete (Fantoma din moară), trans. Szenkovics Enikő. (2024, Budapesta),

  • Zogru, Les Editions du Typhon; Marseille, 2022. Trad. Florica Courriol

  • The Book of Perilous Dishes(Mâța%20Vinerii%3C) https://neemtreepress.com/book/the-book-of-perilous-dishes/>, Neem Tree Press, London, 2022, 2024 (trans James Ch. Brown).

  • L’omino rosso, Sandro Teti, Roma, 2021 (trad Roberto Merlo)

  • Cong Quanshan Dao Pingyuan, trans Siqi Zhu, De Li Zan, Beijing, 2019

  • La gata del viernes (Mâța Vinerii), trans Enrique Nogueras, Editura Esdrújula Ediciones, Granada, 2019

  • Freitagskatze (trad Roland Erb), Klak, Berlin, 2018

  • Zogru trad. Sebastián Teillier, Descontextos Editore, Santiago de Chile, 2018

  • Das Phantom in der Mühle , trad. Eva Wemme, Klak Verlag, 2017, Berlin

  • The Truancy, The Stockholm Review Literature

  • The Phanariot Manuscript (trans Liana Grama &Andrew Davidson), Trafika Europe, Penn State, University Libraries, nr 8, 2016

  • The lover (trans Andrew Davidson), Trafika Europe, Penn State, University Libraries, nr 8, 2016

  • Eliza (Lizoanca) trans. Alexandra Kaitozis, Antolog, 2015, Skopje

  • Eliza a los once años, Ediciones Traspiés, Granada, 2014 (trans Enrique Nogueras)

  • Lizoanca tizenegy évesen trans. Szenkovics Enikő Orpheusz Kiadó, Budapest, 2015

  • Fenerlilere ait elyasmasi eser (Manuscrisul fanariot), frag, trans. Leila Unal, Sözcükler , 58, aprilie, 2015, Istanbul

  • Zogru, Sétatér Kulturális Egyesület, 2014, prin bursa "Franyó Zoltán", oferită de guvernul maghiar (trans Szenkovics Enikő)

  • Lizoanca, Horlemann Verlag, Berlin, 2013 (trad Jan Cornelius)

[Berlin: Jan Cornelius, Doina Ruști, Georg Aescht, Gabriela Adameșteanu]

  • Lisoanca, Rediviva Edizioni, Milano, 2013 (trad Ingrid Beatrice Coman)

  • Apartamentul 26, trans. Oana Ursulesku, Koracic, Belgrad, 2013

  • L’omino rosso, Nikita Editore, Firenze, 2012 (trad Roberto Merlo)

  • Robero Merlo, Doina Ruști, Marco Dotti, Sabian Trzan

  • Bill Clinton’s Hand, Bucharest Tales, New Europe Writers, 2011, (coord: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 Kultur Yaynlari, Istanbul, 2011

  • I miei ginecologi, in Compagne di viaggio, Sandro Teti Editore, 2011 (trad Anita Bernacchia) (coord Radu Pavel Gheo, Dan Lungu)

  • Ura pri univerzi, Zgodbe iz Romunije, Sodobnost International, Ljubljiana, 2011.

  • Zogru (trad. Roberto Merlo), Ed Bonanno, 2010, Roma; Catania

  • L’omino rosso (trad Roberto Merlo) în Il romanzo romeno contemporaneo, Ed. Bagatto Libri, 2010, Roma.

[Roma: Stefano Petrocchi, Mircea Cărtărescu, Doina Ruști, Oana Bocșa Mălin, Horia-Roman Patapievici]

  • Zogru (frag.) și prezentare biobibliografică, în 11 books contemporary romanian prose, Ed. Polirom, 2006, traducere de Alistair Ian Blyth

  • Zogru (roman), Balkani Publishing House, Sofia, trad: Vasilka Alexova, 2008.

  • Învingătorul - antologia revistei Nagyvilag (trad. Noémi László), Budapesta , sept/ 2010

  • Cristian (trad. în fr. Linda Maria Baros), Paris, rev Le Bateau Fantôme , no. 8, 2009, ed. Mathieu Hilfiger

  • Cristián (trad. Sebastián Teillier), Madrid, rev. El fantasma de la glorieta, nr. 16/2008,

  • The begining (poem), in Under a Quicksilver Moon, 2002, SUA, Library of Congress,

  • Dicționar de simboluri din opera lui Mircea Eliade(frag.) în La Jornada Semanal, nr. 455; 456, 2003 (traducere: José Antonio Hernández García)

FILMOGRAPHY

Director

The Soldier’s Book, documentary, 2018

Umbra perfidă a unei iubiri (The insidious shadow of love), SM, fiction

Ascona Film Festival, 2017

Festival Dona i Cinema – Mujer y Cine – Woman & Film, Spania, 2017

Cinefest, Los Angeles, 2017

GOLDEN BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Moscova, 2017

185 de ani de existență a ANR (Homage to the National Archives of Romania), Documentary

Cristian (written&directed by Doina Rusti), SM, fiction, 2015. Selected at Goa Festival; CineFest, Los Angeles; Corner Cannes; Independent Film Festival and Windsor Festival; Christian Film (Award for Best Foreign Film); Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest, 2015,

Cristian by Doina Ruști, Mediafax

National Archives (written&directed by Doina Ruști), documentary.

Romanian Litterature (written&directed by Doina Ruști), documentary.

Writer

Nuns witch (directed by Marius Barna), L documentary, docudrama, CNC project financing. in post-production

Sun Dance (directed by Cornel Gheorghita), documentary, L, financed by CNC, 2015

Treasure naive (d. Copel Moscu), documentary, financed by the CNC 2015 post-prod.

Servant Greek (d: Germain Kanda), documentary, docu-drama, Elephant Film, co romanao-Swiss project ORW, 2015

Cream truffles, LM, fiction, Libra Film (Tudor Giurgiu) project funded CNC. Developing.

35 minutes after (directed Cristi Toporan), fiction, Short.

Fraud, directed by Cristian Panaitescu independently , fiction, short. 2014.

Apartment 26, indep. (Directed by Alexandra Băilă), fiction, short.

Dialogues and adaptation

Miracle at Tekir Elephant Film, Zurich

LM, fiction, 2015 (completed) Award best picture Swiss, Zurich, 2015:

LITERARY PRIZES

Ateneu (literary magazine) Prize for Prose, 2015

The Romanian Academy Ion CREANGĂ Prize, 2011

The Romanian Writers' Union Prize for Best Prose/2008

The Prize of the Bucharest Writers’ Association/2007 Convorbiri literare (literary magazine) Prize for Prose, 2006

Nomination for The Book of the Year Award 2008, 2016

REWARDS

Diploma for supporting National Archives (ANR), 2016

The Golden Medal of "Schitul Darvari", for Literary Activity, 2008

Excellence in Teaching - National Award (2000)

Reviews and critical essays on the works of Romanian novelist Doina Ruști

"Full of humor in some sequences, in other tragic and ferocious, sometimes fantastic and luminous, like a Chagall painting, which is predominant in this wonderful story Zogru is the figure of the terrible loneliness in which lies the human spirit " (Pedro Gandolfo, El Mercurio, August 19, 2018)

"The Phantom is the narrative catalyst that makes secret forces manifest, especially those of a sexual nature, being also the most visible, single faith, dissolved in the last part of the novel." (Markus Bauer, Neue Zürcher Zeitung )

"In my opinion, the confidence, the artistry of portrayal, the exact and original description of the environment, the quest for a subtle epic crescendo, the illusion of stagnation make Doina Ruști a first class prose writer in current literature." ( Nicolae Breban, when granting the Award of Romanian Academy, 2011)

"Extraordinarias cualidades litterarias." (Antonio J. Hbero, La Opinion, 3 01 2015)

"An ironic and seductive story." (Giuseppe Ortolano - The Friday of the Republic , March 23, 2012, nr 1253)

"Amazing is the fire of a row of stunts of pungent and fulminating expressions that the author devises to describe situations and moods of her protagonist." (Alessandra Iadicicco. La Stampa , no 1815, May 12, 2012)

"Stupefacente è il fuocco di fila di trovate di espressioni pungenti e fulminanti que l'autrice escogita per descrivere situazioni e stati d'animo della sua protagonista." (Alessandra Iadicicco. La Stampa, nr 1815, 12 mai, 2012)

"The talented Romanian writer Doina Rusti, who published Lisoanca, the story of an eleven-year-old who infects an entire village with syphilis and makes victims even among her peers, is making a fool of herself, saving herself as an imaginary creature from another world . The book is also inspired by the great "health" novels, such as The Plague of Camus, where crime takes root more easily in a context of widespread disease. These are certainly the models. " (Gianluca Veneziani, Libero , May 18, 2013)

"Fa il verso ai noir fantastici la brava scrittrice rumena Doina Rusti, che ha dato alle stampe Lisoanca , storia di un’undicenne checontagia con la sua sifilide un intero villaggio, mietendo vittime anchetra le coetanee, salvopoirivelarsi una creatura immaginaria venuta da un altro mondo. Il libro si ispira anche ai grandi romanzi «sanitari», come La peste di Camus, dove il crimine attecchisce più facilmente in un contesto di malattia diffusa. questi sono certamente i modelli." (Gianluca Veneziani, Libero, 18 05, 2013)

"With her shocking book about violence against children, Doina Ruști is making a name for herself with us too. The book gets under your skin and is heavy fare. The sophisticated style contrasts with the brutal plot." (Martina Freier, ekz)

"Even the smallest detail of the novel is veridical" (Magyar Nemzet, December 31, 2015)

"A very admirable story, by the way, very well told. Highly recommended." (Miguel Baquero, The storm in a glass , December 16, 2014)

Mâța Vinerii - a stylistic jubilation, a vital literature, such as Suskind's Perfume to a point, and Evgheni Vodolazkin's Laur, from another point on. (Dan C. Mihăilescu)

The Ghost in the Mill is an imaginative novel, in line with autobiographical fiction, in which magic realism and daily realism intertwine. [...] This mill, which is an axis mundi, the center, the hearth and the obsession of the village, where the character has no clue if he has met the angel or the devil, this mill is the place where a murder occurs, as at the dawn of all worlds: a certain Max, an epileptic, is killed by mistake [...] and everybody is obliged to keep silent, thus becoming accomplices in the murder. We have all been accomplices in what has defined and punished us. This is the parable of communism. A novel with substance, a sinewy prose which, I repeat, equals a part or several parts of Mircea Cărtărescu’s Orbitor”. Dan C. Mihailescu, The man who brings the book, ProTV

"Mit ihrem erschütternden Buch über Gewalt an Kindern macht sie sich auch bei uns einen Namen. Das Buch geht unter die Haut und ist eine schwere Kost. Der anspruchsvolle Stil steht im Gegensatz zu der brutaen Handlung." (Martina Freier, ekz)

"even the smallest detail of the novel is veridical" (Magyar Nemzet, 31 decembrie 2015

"Una historia muy admirable, por cierto, muy bien narrada. Muy recomendable." (Miguel Baquero, La tormenta en un vaso, 16 12. 2014)

For recent media coverage, interviews, and international features, see the News & Press

For critical essays, book reviews, and scholarly studies on her work, visit Critical Reception

Quotes


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“If you need to clear the air with these gentlemen, better remove yourself from the car!” Julia’s boyfriend, or whatever he was, didn’t seem like much. I had fought more fearsome men in my life.

The fiancée (Logodnica)
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If there is no reward, there is no play. People need reward to come into play.

The Little Red Man (Omulețul roșu)
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The love is happiness to be only a rotting cloth in the wound of a stranger.

The Phanariot Manuscript (Manuscrisul fanariot)
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The freedom is a tear digging into the flesh.

The Phanariot Manuscript (Manuscrisul fanariot)
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When I heard him mentioning my mother, whom he had started bespattering in something resembling the English language, calling her “a Norwegian whore”, I opened the door and headbutted him without the slightest hesitation. I yelled at the top of my lungs too, so that bitch, Julia, could hear me loud and clear: “I’m an Irish man, you fucking asshole, I’m from Belfast, we would stick some Semtex up your ass" trailer

The fiancée (Logodnica)

Awards


Romanian Academy Award, Ion Creangă, 2011

Lizoanca at the age of eleven (Lizoanca la 11 ani)

Romanian Writers Union Award for Prose, 2008

The Ghost in the Mill (Fantoma din moară)

Bucharest Writers Association Award, the best prose, 2007

Zogru

Ateneu Journal Award for prose, 2015

The Phanariot Manuscript (Manuscrisul fanariot)

Book of the Year, România Literară, 2015 (nomination)

The Phanariot Manuscript (Manuscrisul fanariot)

Book of the year, România Literară, 2008, Observator cultural, Premiile Radio (nomination)

The Ghost in the Mill (Fantoma din moară)

Convorbiri literare Journal Award, 2006

The Little Red Man (Omulețul roșu)

Ad visum Award, for debut, 2005

The Little Red Man (Omulețul roșu)

Bibliography


Over 200 Exegeses on the Work of Doina Ruști

Bibliography

Compiled by Pompilia Chifu

Critical bibliography

  1. Dan C. Mihăilescu - Femeie cu omuleț, în vol. Literatura română în postceaușism, II. Prezentul ca dezumanizare, Ed. Polirom, 2006, p. 248

  2. Geo Vasile - Elixirul narațiunii, în vol. Romanul sau viața. prozatori europeni, Ed. Muzeul Literaturii Române, 2007, p. 343 și urm.

  3. Dumitru Augustin Doman - Avatarurile unui duh, în vol. Cititorul de roman, Ed. Pământul, 2010, p. 122.

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

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

  6. Daniel Cristea-Enache - Un vampir de treabă și Un tovarăș de sus în vol. Timpuri noi, Ed. Cartea Românească, 2009, pp 172; 174

  7. Dan C. Mihăilescu - Literatura româneasca în postceausism. II. Proza. Prezentul ca dezumanizare, cap. Realismul apocaliptic și deriziunea, Ed. Polirom, 2006, p. 251

  8. Roberto Merlo - Zogru di Doina Ruști, tra storia e mito, in vol. Quaderni di Studi Italieni e Romeni, 5, 2010, Edizioni dell’Orso, pp. 121-136

  9. Gelu Ionescu - Târziu de departe, Ed Cartea românească, 2012, pp. 112 si urm

  10. Tania Radu - Jocuri riscante, în vol. Chenzine literare, Humanitas, 2014

  11. Andrei Simuț - Romanul românesc postcomunist între trauma totalitară și criza prezentului. Tipologii, periodizări, contextualizări, cap. III.3. Panoramări ficționalizante ale trecutului comunist: Un singur cer deasupra lor, Fantoma din moară, Pupa russa], Editura Muzeul Literaturii Române, 2015

  12. Călin Teutișan - cap Fantasticul levantin, în Enciclopedia imaginariilor din România. Vol. I: Imaginar literar, coord. Corin Braga, Polirom, 2020.

  13. Adina Mocanu - La Vulnerabilidad de las niñas en la transición postcomunista: Doina Ruști y Nora Iuga, în vol. La infancia en femenino las niñas, Icaria Editorial, Barcelona, 2016, p. 2017.

  14. Pompilia Chifu - Doina Ruști, un personaj în propria carte. Particularități tematice, construcție textuală și profil identitar în proza Doinei Ruști, Casa Cărții de Știință, Cluj, 2025. -** studiu monografic**

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  16. Raluca Andreescu, în vol . Studies in Gothic Fiction, Zittaw Press, 2011

  17. Alina Puskás-Bajkó -Maiorca or on the gipsy magic realism of seduction in Doina Ruști’s Manuscrisul fanariot, în Journal of Romanian Literary Studies*, no. 6/2021, p. 546.

  18. Adriana Raducanu - Confessions from the Dead: Reading Ismail Kadare’s Spiritus as a ‘Post-Communist Gothic’ Novel, în Postcolonial Europe? Essays on Post-Communist Literatures and Cultures, Editors: Dobrota Pucherova and Robert Gafrik, Brill, 2015

  19. Christene d’Anca - Mediating a loss of history in Doina Rusti’s The Ghost in the Mill by Journal of European Studies, vol. 48, 3-4: pp. 265-277. , First Published October 22, 2018.

  20. Dana Sala - Alessandro Baricco`s Seta (Silk) and Doina Ruti's Manuscrisul fanariot (The Phanariot Manuscript), în Weaving a Narrative from Metamorphoses, 2015 ALLRO, Volume 22, Article code 487-121

  21. Alina BAKO - Images of Alterity in the Contemporary Feminine PROSE, Speculum, 2017

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  32. Valeria MANTA TAICUTU - Manuscrisul fanariot, Cafeneaua literara, decembrie 2015

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  34. Magdalena Popa Buluc - Manuscrisul faanriot, Cotidianul, 7 aprilie, 2015

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  37. Mihaela GRADINARIU - Prizonieri în manuscris, Cronica veche nr. 10 octombrie 2015

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  40. Stelian Țurlea, Simplitatea deschide calea spre grandoare: Manuscrisul fanariot de Doina Ruști, „Ziarul financiar” 21 mai 2015

  41. Adrian G. ROMILA - Decor fanariot , Convorbiri literare, mai 2015

  42. Lucian ALECSA - Manuscrisul fanariot, Hyperion nr. 4-5-6, 2015

  43. Cristian TEODORESCU - Manuscrisul fanariot, Catavencii, 16 aprilie 2015

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  53. Daniel Cristea Enache –cronică la Patru bărbați plus Aurelius, Observator Cultural, 19 august, nr 588

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  56. Catalin Sturza, Mesaj într-o sticlă de aer, Observator cultural, 16 04, 2010

  57. Emanuela Ilie, Cămașa în carouri, Convorbiri literare, iulie, 2010

  58. Gabriela Gheorghisor, Cămașa în carouri, Dilemateca, mai, 2010

  59. Adriana BITTEL- Cămașa în carouri, nr. 916, 2010, in Formula As

  60. Gelu Ionescu, Doina Ruști: Lizoanca, Apostrof, nr 10/2009

  61. Ovidiu Șimonca - Fără patetisme…, Observator cultural, nr, 465, 2009

  62. Constantin Dram - Realitatea în luptă cu ficțiunea, Convorbiri literare, aprilie, 2008

  63. Tania Radu - Vitalitate în sens negativ (Lizoanca), Revista 22, 7 aprilie, 2009

  64. Vintilă Mihăilescu - Lizoanca, Dilema Veche, 16 aprilie, 2009

  65. Luminița Marcu - Doina Ruști, pe fîșia îngustă… Parodierea vampirismului, Suplimentul de cultură, 29 aprilie - 5 mai 2006

  66. Bianca Burța Cernat - Banalitatea Răului, Revista 22, Bucureștiul cultural, 6 oct. 2009

  67. Paul Cernat - Valachia News, ”Revista 22", Bucureștiul cultural, nr. 3 nov., 2009

  68. Gianluca Veneziani, Gli allegri assassini venuti dall’Est il Salone Lancia il giallo balcanico, : Gospodinov, Alikavazovic, Ruști, in Il Libero Quotidiano, Torino, 18.05.2012

  69. Antonio J. Ubero, Las fàbricas del odio, „La Opinion”, nr. din 3.01.2015, p.5

  70. Gabriela Gheorghișor- Spectrul memoriei, Dilemateca, nr 31, decembrie, 2008

  71. Dan Cristea - În căutarea originilor (In seeking the origins), Luceafărul, nr, 1. 2009

  72. Mihai Iovanel, Travelling circular, Cultura, 29 01 2009, nr. 4

  73. Bianca Burța Cernat - Reabilitarea iluziei realiste, Observator cultural, nr. 459, 29 01 2009

  74. Mircea Mihăieș - Cărți la control: Doina Ruști -"Omulețul roșu" (roman) Cotidianul, 13-14 august, 2005, p. 17

  75. Gabriel Cosoveanu: Mesaje spectrare, Ramuri, No. 10, October, Craiova, 2008

  76. Doris Mironescu - Fantoma din moară, Suplimentul de cultură”, 9-15 mai, 2009, p.10

  77. Claudiu Zeppel, Lizoanca, Deutsch-Rumänische Hefte, Jahrgang XVII · Heft 1 · Sommer 2014

  78. Zsidó Ferenc, Lizoanca, Székelyföld 4/2016

  79. Nagy-Horváth Bernadett, Lizoanca, Ambroozia 2/2016

  80. Daniel Cristea-Enache - Un tovarăș de sus,  România literară, nr. 1/2009

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  85. Mihaela Ursa -  Istoria la MAX, Apostrof, nr. 11, 2008

  86. Lucian Alecsa - Fantoma din moară, Evenimentul zilei, 26 sept. 2009

  87. Adriana Bittel - Doina Ruști: Fantoma din moară, Formula AS, nr. 854, 21 02/2009

  88. Adrian Neculau - Moara, fantomele, frica,  Ziarul de Iasi, 27 aprilie, 2009

  89. Radu Nedelcuț - Look back in anger, Noua literatură, aprilie, 2009

  90. Silviu Gongonea - Fantoma din moară, Mozaicul, nr7/2009

  91. Pedro Gandolfo, Un espíritu ligeramente inquieto (Zogru) El Mercurio, 19 august, 2018

  92. Markus Bauer, International aktuelle themen rumaenien literaturpolemik [Fantoma din moară], Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 4 01 2018

  93. Leonardo Sanhueza, Lega a Chile un espíritu mortifero nacido en los bosques de Dracula, Las Últimas Noticias, Santiago de Chile, 7 mai, 2018

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  99. Constantin Dram, Zogru, Convorbiri literare, aprilie, 2006

  100. Alex Ștefănescu, Fantezie fără limite, România literară, 21 aprilie, 2006

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  106. Bojidar Kuncev - Despre soartă în Zogru, rev. Literaturni Balkani, Sofia, 1/2009

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  109. Const. Dram - Vinculum vinculorum sau lumea de/pe lînga Alazar sau nu numai despre internet și Platon, Convorbiri literare, februarie (110), 2005 

  110. Liviu Antonesei, Bursa cărților: Omulețul roșu., „Timpul”, martie, 2005. 

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  127. Elvira Sorohan - Orașul sub zodie nefasta, Observator cultural, 31 octombrie 2019

  128. Dorica Boltașu - Lumea nevăzută a Gorganilor, Litermania, 09, noiembrie 2019

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  130. Oana Marinescu - Homeric, in labirint, Perspective, 14 decembrie, 2019

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  140. Mircea Platon, Note de lectură, Rost, februarie, 2005

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  147. Radu Nedelcuț - Look back in anger, Noua literatură, aprilie, 2009, p

  148. Andreea Răsuceanu, "Zogru"- între saga marqueziană și romanul de atmosferă, Revista Viața Românească, nr. 8-9, 2006

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153. Militaru, Petrișor, „Paturi oculte” de Doina Ruști. Inserții suprarealitate, în Mozaicul, nr. 11-12/2021

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155.Amalia Drăgulănescu - O parabolă postmodernă din proza feminină românească, în Literatura și alte forme de interacțiune discursivă, ed. Universitaria, 2021.

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157.Georgeta Moarcăș, Dracula Metaphysics. Exploring the Vampire Motif in Contemporary Women’s Fiction, Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov, Series IV: Philology & Cultural Studies, 14, 2021

158Nineta Milea - CURRENT ROMANIAN NOVEL – „ZOGRU” – DOINA RUȘTI, Reading Multiculturalism. Human and Social Perspectives (coord Iulian Boldea), ed. Arhipeleag XXI, 2021.

159.Dumitru-Mircea Buda, HOMERIC OR ABOUT THE MAGICAL POWERS OF STORYTELLING, Acta Marisiensis. Philologia Volume 1 (2019), Issue 1 p-ISSN: 2668-9537, e-ISSN: 2668-9596, 10.2478/amph-2022-0014

160.Cristina Balinte, The memory crisis, the intuition game and the fictionalization of the document in the paradigm of Post-Truth, Series IV: Philology & Cultural Studies, 10/2017

161 Catrinel Popa, THE FANTASTIC REVISITED IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN CONTEMPORARY FICTION, Annals of the University of Bucharest, Studies of …, 2019

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164. Ilona Bădescu - Structuri comparative referitoare la corpul omenesc în Manuscrisul fanariot de Doina Ruști, Analele Universității din Craiova, nr 1-2, 2022, pp 237-253.

165.Wilkins Micawber, Ce am mai citit

166. Claudia Nițu, Lupta pentru identitate și libertate în Manuscrisul fanariot, Elefantul de bibliotecă

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168. Ileana Marin, Ficțiunea, 113

169. Alina Pușcă, Bibliofilie

170. Adrian Lesenciuc, Cultura

171. Petre Nechita, Catchy

172. Serenela Ghițeanu, Revista 22

173. Oana Dușmănescu, Libertatea

174. Andrei-Dragoș Preutescu, Gazeta de Dâmbovița

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176.Ligia Pârvulescu, Ferenike, Cotidiene

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180. Péter Demény , De pe terasă

181. Narcis Amariei, Matca

182. Andrei Velea, Viața liberă

Doctoral theses on the novels of Doina Ruști

Coord. LECT. UNIV. DR. HABIL. FLORINEL I. OPRESCU

Drd. EFTENIE ANCA LUMINIȚA

Timișoara, Univ de Vest

https://www.uvt.ro/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/Rezumat-Eftenie.pdf

By: COSTIANU, Georgeta Pompilia.

Contributor(s): IFRIM, Nicoleta [cond. șt.].

Universitatea "Dunărea de Jos" din Galați 2022

https://arthra.ugal.ro/handle/123456789/9153?locale-attribute=ro

Adina Mocanu - autor (despre Lizoanca la 11 ani):

01/02/2013 - 31/01/2016 FI, Beca per a la formació de personal investigador, AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya

A / To Universitat de Barcelona

https://www.euromedwomen.foundation/pg/en/profile/adinamocanu

UNIVERSITATEA DE MEDICINĂ, FARMACIE, ȘTIINȚE ȘI TEHNOLOGIE ,,GEORGE EMIL PALADE”

DIN TÂRGU MUREȘ ȘCOALA DOCTORALĂ DE LITERE, ȘTIINȚE UMANISTE ȘI APLICATE

Coord. Prof. univ. dr. Dorin ȘTEFĂNESCU

Drd. Andrada Giorgiana PARCHIRIE

https://www.umfst.ro/fileadmin/doctorate/sustineri_pub/2021/PARCHIRIE_G._Andrada-Giorgiana/Rezumat_limba_romana_teza_doctorat_PARCHIRIE_Andrada_UMFST_filologie.pdf

METAMORFOZE ALE EXPERIENȚEI COMUNISTE ÎN DISCURSUL EPIC FEMININ POSTDECEMBRIST METAMORPHOSES OF THE COMMUNIST EXPERIENCE IN THE FEMININE EPIC DISCOURSE AFTER 1989

Univ Brașov

Coord. Prof unv Rodica Ilie

Drd. Oana-Larisa-Oanea

https://www.unitbv.ro/documente/cercetare/doctorat-postdoctorat/sustinere-teza/2019/oanea-oana/Rezumat_Oanea.pdf

WORK

Novels​

  1. Sălbatica, Booklet, 2025

  2. Ferenike, Humanitas, 2025

  3. Zavaidoc în anul iubirii, Bookzone, 2024

  4. Paturi oculte, Litera, BPC, 2020

  5. Homeric, Polirom, Fiction Ltd, 2019

  6. Logodnica, Polirom, Fiction Ltd, 2017

  7. Mâța Vinerii, Polirom, Fiction Ltd, 2017, Top 10+, 2018

  8. Manuscrisul fanariot (roman), Polirom, Fiction Ltd, 2015, Top 10+, 2016, 2017

  9. Mămica la două albăstrele (roman), Polirom, 2013

  10. Patru bărbaţi plus Aurelius (roman), Polirom, 2011,

  11. Cămașa în carouri și alte 10 întâmplări din București (puzzle epic), Ed. Polirom, 2010

  12. Lizoanca la 11 ani (roman), Ed Trei, 2009, Polirom, 2017

  13. Fantoma din moară (roman), Ed. Polirom, Ego. Proză, 2008, 2017

  14. Zogru (roman), Editura Polirom, Iași, 2006; 2013

  15. Omuleţul roșu (roman), Ed. Vremea, București, 2004, 2012

Stories

collections

Depravatul din Gorgani, Litera, 2023

Ciudățenii amoroase din Bucureștiul Fanariot, Litera, 2022

Periodics, antologies

  1. Pădurea albastră, manual, clasa a VII, Geanina Oprea

  2. Cocrișel, în Când viitorul era mic (coord.Florentina Sâmihăian) cuvânt-înainte de Liviu Papadima, ilustraţii de Oana Ispir Dan Ungureanu; ART, Arthur, 2021

  3. Herr, în Treisprezece, Litera, BPC, 2021

  4. Platanos, manual pt clasa a VIII-a, Ed. ART, 2020

  5. Secretul, „Antologia Echinox”, nr.1, 2018

  6. Kant and Max, în antologia „PEN95 România”, 2017

  7. Umbra perfidă a unei iubiri, revista „Apostrof”, nr. 8, 2016

  8. Uniune europeană, în volumul Cum iubim, Editura Vellant, 2016

  9. Milițianul pierdut, în volumul Scriitori la poliție, Polirom, 2016

  10. Cream Truffles, „România literară”, nr. 31, 2015

  11. Pădurea Râioasa, „Ramuri”, nr. 2, 2014

  12. 35 de minute după, „România literară”, 2014

  13. Vizita, „România literară”, nr. 8, 2013

  14. Fiatul negru, „Viața românească”, nr. 9-10, 2013

  15. Prințul Avolo, în volumul Cui i-e frică de computer? Coord. Tina Sinmihăian, Liviu Papadima, Editura Arthur, 2013

  16. Trattoria Amore, „Catchy”, 30 aprilie, 2012

  17. Cinematograful din mall, „România literară”, nr. 7, 2012

  18. Criptele ADN-ului, „Ziarul financiar”, 15 iunie, 2012

  19. Amantul, „România literară”, nr. 29, 2011

  20. Cum a început blazarea lui Cici Bezergheanu, „Bucureștiul Cultural”, nr. 107, 19 iulie, 2011

  21. Magazin provincial, „Obiectiv Cultural”, 2 mai, 2011

  22. Fluierul roșu, revista „Timpul”, martie, 2011

  23. Apartamentul 26, „Timpul”, martie, 2011

  24. Amănunte pierdute, în „Literatura română contemporană”, antologia „Echinox”, 2011

  25. Cerceii cu topaze, „Bucureștii Vechi și Noi”, Editura Subiectiv, 2011 (coord. Andrei Slăvuțeanu)

  26. Năltărogul, „Bucureștii Vechi și Noi”, Editura Subiectiv, 2011 (coord. Andrei Slăvuțeanu)

  27. Mult așteptatul ceas al D-nei Glodeanu – „revista 22”, „Bucureștiul Cultural”, nr. 103, 2010

  28. Diavolul îndrăgostit, „Revista la plic”, nr. 4, 2010, Chișinău

  29. Mâna lui Bill Clinton, „revista 22”, „Bucureștiul Cultural”, nr. 95, 2010

  30. Mesajul din sticlă, „Mnemosyning”, „Triade”, 2010

  31. Ginecologii mei, în volumul „Tovarășe de drum” (coord. Dan Lungu, Radu Pavel Geo), Editura Polirom, 2010

  32. Amiaza unui manaf ucigaș, „România literară”, nr. 25, 2010

  33. Spiridușul de pe strada Batiște, „Luceafărul de dimineață”, nr. 1-2, 2010

  34. Dincolo de poarta mov, în volumul Care-i faza cu cititul, Editura Art, 2010 (coord. Liviu Papadima, Tina Sâmihaian)

  35. Învingatorul - „Convorbiri literare”, martie, 2009

  36. Darul lui Marțisara, în volumul Bookătăria de texte, „Clubul ilustratorilor” (coord. Florin Bican), 2009 (volum colectiv)

  37. Prăvălia de peruci, „România literară”, nr. 52, 2009

  38. Poveste de Paște, „România literară”, nr. 15, 2009

  39. Domnul deputat se prăbușește, „Nouă nuvele politice inedite”, Editura Tritonic, 2009, coord.

  40. Horia Garbea (volum colectiv)

  41. O crimă și patru oameni care trăncănesc, revista „Hyperion”, 1-3, 2009 (povestire scrisă în 1990)

  42. Lacătul și cheia, „România literară”, nr. 45, 2008

  43. SIGCHLD, fork () and sleep (), sub titlul Lecția de istorie, „România literară”, nr. 29, 25 iulie, 2008

  44. Cireșele din asfalt în volumul „Farse, lacrimi și o găleată de sânge”, Editura Limes, 2008 (coordonator Mircea Petean) - antologia USR

  45. Unchiul meu, poștașul, „Mozaicul”, nr. 4, 2008

  46. Uniune europeană, „România literară”, nr. 48, 2007

  47. Cristian, „România literară”, nr.17/2007

  48. Țâțe, în volumul „Povești erotice românești”, Editura Trei, 2007

  49. Lângă Biserica Sf. Silvestru, „Convorbiri literare”, noiembrie, 2006

  50. Lulu, „Vatra”, nr. 11-12, 2005

  51. Mesajul, „Viața Românească”, nr. 8-9, 2004

b a s m e

  1. Frumoasa din Lapte, Omul Roșu s.a în Basme și povestiri mistice românești, repovestite (în colaborare cu Horia Gârbea și Liviu Ioan Stoiciu), Editura Paralela 45, 2007

  2. Visul spiridușului, în volumul Cel mai mult și mai mult, Editura Art, 2017 s.a

e d i ț i i, texte publicate

în alte limbi

(selectiv)

  1. L’omino rosso, Sandro Teti Editore, Roma, 2021; trans Roberto Merlo.

  2. The Ghost în the Mill* (Fantoma din moară) (frag), in Your Impossible Voice*, 2021, trans Ileana Marin

  3. Lizoanca, ŠTRIK , Belgrad, 2020.

  4. Cong Quan Shan Dao Ping Yuan De Li Zan, Si Chuan Min Zu Chu Ban She, Sichuan 2019

  5. La gata del viernes, Esdrújula Ediciones, Granada, 2019, tans. Enrique Javier Nogueras Valdivieso.

  6. Ártó receptek könyve (Cartea bucatelor rele), versiunea maghairă a romanului Mâța Vinerii, Orpheusz, Budapesta,trad. Szenkovics Enikő.

  7. Zogru trad. Sebastián Teillier, Descontextos Editore, Santiago de Chile, 2018

  8. Freitagkatze, trad Roland Erb, Klak Verlag, 2018, Berlin

  9. Das Phantom in der Mühle , trad. Eva Wemme, Klak Verlag, 2017, Berlin

  10. The Truancy, The Stockholm Review Literature

  11. The Phanariot Manuscript (trans Liana Grama), Trafika Europe, Penn State, University Libraries, nr 8, 2016

  12. The lover (trans Andrew Davidson), Trafika Europe, Penn State, University Libraries, nr 8, 2016

  13. Eliza (Lizoanca) trans. Alexandra Kaitozis, Antolog, 2015, Skopje

  14. Eliza a los once años, Ediciones Traspiés, Granada, 2014 (trans Enrique Nogueras)

  15. Lizoanca tizenegy évesen trans. Szenkovics Enikő Orpheusz Kiadó, Budapest, 2015

  16. Fenerlilere ait elyasmasi eser (Manuscrisul fanariot), frag, trans. Leila Unal, Sözcükler , 58, aprilie, 2015, Istanbul 

  17. Zogru, Sétatér Kulturális Egyesület, 2014, prin bursa "Franyó Zoltán", oferită de guvernul maghiar (trans Szenkovics Enikő)

  18. Lizoanca, Horlemann Verlag, Berlin, 2013 (trad Jan Cornelius)

  19. Lisoanca, Rediviva Edizioni, Milano, 2013 (trad Ingrid Beatrice Coman) 

  20. Apartamentul 26, trans. Oana Ursulesku, Koracic, Belgrad, 2013

  21. L’omino rosso, Nikita Editore, Firenze, 2012 (trad Roberto Merlo) 

  22. Bill Clinton’s Hand, Bucharest Tales, New Europe Writers, 2011, (coord:A. Fincham, J. G Coon, John a’Beckett)

  23. Kareli gomlek ve Bukreș'teki Bașka On Hadise (Cămașa în carouri și alte 10 întâmplări din București), trans. Cristina Dincer, Kalem Kultur Yaynlari, Istanbul, 2011 

  24. I miei ginecologi, in Compagne di viaggio, Sandro Teti Editore, 2011 (trad Anita Bernacchia) (coord Radu Pavel Gheo, Dan Lungu) 

  25. Ura pri univerzi, Zgodbe iz Romunije, Sodobnost International, Ljubljiana, 2011.

  26. Zogru (trad. Roberto Merlo), Ed Bonanno, 2010, Roma; Catania

  27. L’omino rosso (trad Roberto Merlo) în Il romanzo romeno contemporaneo, Ed. Bagatto Libri, 2010, Roma. 

  28. Zogru (frag.) și prezentare biobibliografică, în 11 books contemporary romanian prose, Ed. Polirom, 2006, traducere de Alistair Ian Blyth 

  29. Zogru (roman), Balkani Publishing House, Sofia, trad: Vasilka Alexova,

  30. Învingătorul - antologia revistei Nagyvilag (trad. Noémi László), Budapesta , sept/ 2010 

  31. Cristian (trad. în fr. Linda Maria Baros), Paris, rev Le Bateau Fantôme , no. 8, 2009, ed. Mathieu Hilfiger 

  32. Cristián (trad. Sebastián Teillier), Madrid, rev. El fantasma de la glorieta, nr. 16/2008, 

  33. Cristian (trad de Alistair Ian Blythe), antologie ICR, 2011

  34. The begining (poem), in Under a Quicksilver Moon, 2002, SUA, Library of Congress, 

  35. Dicționar de simboluri din opera lui Mircea Eliade) (frag.) în La Jornada Semanal, nr. 455; 456, 2003 (traducere: José Antonio Hernández García)

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