Writers rarely meet in quiet places. Most often, they cross paths in the bustle of festivals, book launches, and journeys. This page is a gallery of those encounters.
In old times, there was a place in Bucharest where the unlucky were hanged. Whenever boredom fell over the city, the prince would seize two or three unfortunate souls and hang them, just to liven up the people. And it worked. The square would fill with crowds who left part of the tremor of their blood directly on the soil of death. Today, the site of the Gallows is a traffic intersection where cars crumple into one another.
At this crossroads I live, at the top of a concrete building, looking straight toward the former Gallows, where life and death mingle.
Here I place a few photos of writer friends or simply fellow colleagues of the pen — people who have left two or three letters beneath the former Gallows, for me.
Doina Ruști
Doina Ruști, Cătălin D. Constantin, Suțu Palace, 2020
Doina Ruști, Nicolae Breban, 2011
Doina Ruști, Ioan Groșan, Museum of Romanian Literature
Sardinia Festival: Marcelo Fois, Omar Di Monopoli, Doina Ruști, Simonetta Bitasi, Roberto Merlo
Doina Ruști, Paul Cernat
Doina Ruști, Mircea Cărtărescu, Ioana Nicolaie
Doina Ruști, Petre Barbu, Rome
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Sardinia, festival: Marcelo Fois, Omar di Monapoli, Doina Rusti, Simonetta Bitasi, Roberto Merlo
Doina Ruști, Paul Cernat, at the launch of The Ghost in the Mill, 2008
Doina Ruști, Paul Cernat, 2019
Doina Ruști, Mircea Cărtărescu, Ioana Nicolaie
Barcelona, 2014: Doina Ruști, Enrique Nogueras, Ramón Acín, Adina Mocanu
Roma: Doina Ruști, Petre Barbu
Bacău — before the Ateneu Prize for the novel The Phanariot Manuscript. On the right: Doris Mironescu.
Doina Ruști with Chinese writers Du Lulu and Li Songzhang, EU-China Festival, Shenzhen
Doina Ruști, Manuel Rico, Madrid, after the Spanish launch of The Book of Perilous Dishes* (La Gata del Viernes).*
With poet Enrique Nogueras, Granada, UNESCO event during the launch of The Book of Perilous Dishes
Berlin: Jan Cornelius, Doina Ruști, Georg Aescht, Gabriela Adameșteanu
Chișinău: Doina Ruști, Dan Lungu, Emilian Galaicu-Păun
EU-China Festival: Doina Ruști,Zhang-Er
EU-China Festival: Doina Ruști, Li Songzhang
Turin: Roberto Merlo, Doina Ruști, Gianluca Veneziani
MediaPro Pictures, 2007: Doina Ruști, Dan C. Mihăilescu
București, 2018: Dan C Mihăilescu, Doina Ruști, Mihaela Cârlan, Daniel Cristea Enache
FILIT: David Vann, Doina Ruști
Gaudeamus Book Fair: Doina Ruști, Ioan Groșan, Barbu Brezianu, Silvia Colfescu, 2004
Leipzig Book Fair: Doina Ruști, Filip Florian, Cătălin Mihuleac, Georg Aescht
Turin: Marco Dotti, Doina Ruști, Roberto Merlo
Rome: Doina Ruști with Mircea Cărtărescu and Horia-Roman Patapievici
Humanitas: Doina Ruști with Luminița Corneanu, Eugen Negrici, Cătălin Ștefănescu
Sardinia, L’Isola delle Storie Festival: Doina Ruști, Roberto Merlo
Istanbul Book Fair: Doina Ruști with Carmen Mușat, Corina Sabău, Octavian Soviany
Madrid: Doina Ruști with Manuel Rico and Enrique Nogueras
Polirom: Doina Ruști, Eugen Negrici
Humanitas Sibiu: Doina Ruști with Andrei Terian and Dragoș Varga
Cărturești, 2017 — launch of The Book of Perilous Dishes: Doina Ruști with Marius Constantinescu and Ovidiu Șimonca
Museum of Literature: Doina Ruști and Adriana Irimescu
National Theatre Bucharest: Doina Ruști, Alexandru Papadopol
Humanitas Cișmigiu: Doina Ruști with Paul Cernat, Cosmin Ciotloș, Bogdan Simion (Cobzarul)
Radio România Cultural: Doina Ruști with Ema Stere
Radio Guerrilla: Doina Ruști with Liviu Mihaiu, Andrei Ruse
National Library: Doina Ruști, Ioana Pârvulescu
TVR: Doina Ruști with Robert Șerban
National Theatre Bucharest, The Story of a Character: Doina Ruști and Adrian Titieni
Suțu Palace: Doina Ruști and Bogdan Simion (Cobzarul)
National Theatre Bucharest: Doina Ruști and her guest Bianca Burța-Cernat
Ficțiunea Awards, Constanța, 2022: Doina Ruști, Radu Aldulescu
Bucharest, on the Dâmbovița riverbank: Doina Ruști and Roberto Merlo
National Theatre Bucharest: Doina Ruști and Ion Caramitru
Bookfest 2023: Doina Ruști, Camelia Văcaru, Ema Ilie
Cesianu Garden: Doina Ruști, Carmen Lidia Vidu
Cesianu Garden: Doina Ruști with Vasile Ernu and Adrian Majuru
Bookfest 2025: Doina Ruști with Lidia Bodea and Bogdan Stănescu
Radio România Cultural: Doina Ruști and Paul Cernat
Humanitas Galați: Doina Ruști, Andrei Velea
Museum of Romanian Literature: Doina Ruști, Ioan Groșan
Media University: Doina Ruști, Răzvan Țupa, 2007
Cesianu Garden: Doina Ruști, Roxana Dumitrache and Lucian Mîndruță
Romanian Embassy, Paris: Doina Ruști, Florica Courriol
Museum of Romanian Literature: Doina Ruști, Radu Paraschivescu
Museum of Romanian Literature: Doina Ruști and Bogdan Simion (Cobzarul), before the launch of the novel Zavaidoc in the Year of Love
See also
Writer photo gallery
