Rubina Dina Ilyinichna is a famous Russian writer, editor and screenwriter. She was born in Tashkent and is a member of the Writers' Union of the Uzbek SSR. She is also a Member of the Union of Writers of the USSR since 1979, the International PEN Club and the Union of Russian-speaking Writers of Israel since 1990.
Biography
Dina Rubina was born on September 19, 1953. Her father is the artist Ilya Davidovich Rubin, and her mother is the history teacher Rita Alexandrovna. Dina's parents are from Kharkov and Poltava. Rita Rubina was evacuated to Tashkent, and Ilya Rubin settled there after the war. The future writer was named after the US actress Dina Durbin. Rubin was educated at the music school. Uspensky, then at the Tashkent Conservatory.
A family
Dina met her second husband on the set of the film based on the story "Tomorrow, as usual." Rubina moved to Moscow. In 1990 she emigrated to Israel. Dina's husband, Boris Karafelov, became a permanent illustrator of her works. He was born in 1946 near Tashkent. In 1969 Boris graduated from the Simferopol Art School. Then she taught painting in Vinnitsa and Moscow. Rubina's husband worked on sets and costumes for the Taganka Theater, as well as for theaters in Novocherkassk and Budapest. Boris Karafelov's works can be seen in the State Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin, the State Museum of the East, as well as in many museums in Europe and the United States and private collections.
From her first marriage, Dina Rubina has a son, Dmitry. He was born in 1976. From Boris Karafelov, Dina gave birth to a daughter, Eva Gassner in 1986. The writer has a sister, Vera. She plays the violin and teaches in Boston.
Creation
Dina Rubina's works reflect her impressions of her youth, for example, in the collection Music Lessons and the novel On the Sunny Side of the Street. Her first publications could be found in the Yunost magazine. In 1971, her story "Restless Nature" was published. Rubina's fame was brought by the story of 1977 "When will it snow?..". The work was filmed. Later, a play was written based on it, which was staged on the stage of the Youth Theater.
After emigration, Dina edited the supplement to the Russian-language newspaper Our Country. In Russia, her works are published in many magazines. In the period from 2001 to 2003, the writer got a job in Moscow. She directed the cultural programs of the Jewish Agency. Rubina lived for a long time in Maale Adumim, then in Mevaseret Zion.
In 2018, Dina Rubina became the author of Total Dictation. In 2014, she was included in the theatrical online readings “Karenina. Live edition.
Selected bibliography
In 1998, Rubina wrote the novel The Last Boar from the Woods of Pontevedra. This is a story about a truly Spanish passion in Israeli scenery. Critics and readers noted the abundance of interesting details, author's humor and romance. In 2004 the novel-comic "Syndicate" was published, the characters of which are hand-drawn figures and sketches. In 2008, a new, emotional, vivid novel with an unusual plot was published - Leonardo's Handwriting.
There are many stories among Rubina's works. In 1980, the collection "When will it snow …?" Was published, which, in addition to the story of the same name, included the works "House behind the green gate", "Astral flight of the soul in a physics lesson", "On Saturdays", "This wonderful Altukhov", “All the same dream!..” and “Concert on the ticket of the“Society of Book Lovers”. In 1990, the collection Double Surname was released, which includes the monologues "So, we continue!", "Signboard", "Big-eyed Emperor, a family of sea carp".
The 1994 collection "One Intellectual Sits on the Road", in addition to the story of the same name, includes the stories "Apples from Schlitzbuter's Garden" and "Lubka". In 1999, the book High Water of the Venetians was published. In addition to the title story, it includes the works "Villa Consolation" and "The smooth surface of the lake in the cloudy darkness."
In the 2000s, several collections by Dina Rubina were published: "The Hero's Eyes Close-up", "Sunday Mass in Toledo", "At Your Gates", "Several Hasty Words of Love", "Our Chinese Business", "Master Tarabuk", "Old Stories of Love", "Others' Entrances", "Cold Spring in Provence". In subsequent years, readers could purchase the books "Intimate Myth …", "It Hurts Only When I Laugh", "Adam and Miriam", "Porcelain Ventures", "Murder", "Windows" and "Coxinel".
Awards
Together with Rudolf Barinsky, Dina Rubina wrote the play "Wonderful Doira" and received an award from the Ministry of Culture of Uzbekistan for it. The work uses the motives of Uzbek folk tales. For the book "One Intellectual Sits on the Road" Dina received the Israel Prize. Arye Dulchina.
The novel "Here Comes the Messiah!" brought the famous writer the prize of the Writers' Union of Israel, and "On the sunny side of the street" - the Russian prize "Big Book". Also on the list of Dina's awards are the Oleg Tabakov Charitable Foundation and the Portal Prize.
