Dina Rubina is a well-known writer and prose writer whose books have been translated into many different languages. The circulation of her works is published in thousands of copies. Thanks to her ability to create vivid images of characters, as well as due to her beautiful witty style of storytelling, Dinu is loved by readers.
Childhood and early years
Dina Ilyinichna Rubina was born in 1953 in the city of Tashkent. Dina's father - Ilya Davidovich Rubin - immediately after demobilization in 1945-1948. returned to his hometown with the rank of lieutenant. There he met Rita Alexandrovna, Dina's future mother. The writer's parents met at an art school, where a still very young teacher, Rita, taught history.
It is known that Dina was named after the American movie actress, Hollywood star, Dina Durbin. The father and mother were quite demanding, strict, and also insisted on the cultural education of their daughter. Therefore, from an early age, Dina attended a special music school for talented children. The writer hated this institution and called it "elite hard labor". You can learn about the memories of those days from the story "Music Lessons" by Dina Rubina. In 1977 she graduated from the Tashkent Conservatory. Later she got a job at the Institute of Culture and began to teach there.
In parallel with this, Dina Rubina translated the works of local writers into Russian. For acquaintance of the Russian-speaking population with Uzbek fairy tales, she received her first prize - from the Ministry of Culture of Uzbekistan. The writer herself considered this work of hers to be of poor quality and even hack.
Creativity and career
Dina Rubina's difficult literary path began in 1971, when her very first work was published - a short story "Restless Nature", which was published in the magazine "Yunost". Then more stories followed, and until the 90s the writer was regularly published in the "Prose" section of the same magazine. It was with these works that the acquaintance of first the Soviet, then the Russian public with Dina Rubina began.
In 1977, the story "When will it snow?" Appeared in print. This heavy, poignant story became the basis of the first play, staged at the Youth Theater, and then - its television version, shown on screens in 1980. Thanks to the film adaptation, the work of Dina Rubina gained popularity. Subsequently, many more films were shot based on the writer's works, although not all were successful.
The film “Our grandson works in the police”, based on Dina’s story “Tomorrow, as usual,” came out frankly unsuccessful. However, thanks to the direct participation of the author in the filming of the motion picture, the novel "The Camera Runs Over" was born, which was well received by the readers.
1977 became significant for Dina Rubina also because she was admitted to the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan. Three years later, she already became part of the Union of Writers of the USSR, which entailed moving from Tashkent to Moscow. From that moment, Dina began to write for radio shows, although she did not throw stories and stories.
In 1990, the writer moved to live in Israel. There she found work in the Russian-language newspaper Our Country. This period in Dina's creative life can be called a crisis. Although it was published in magazines such as:
- New world.
- Banner.
- Friendship of Peoples.
But the next voluminous work was released only in 1996. She became the now widely known novel "Here comes the Messiah!", In which the author described the life, everyday life of Russian emigrants in Israel, as well as their difficulties in getting used to the local color
In 2008, one of Dina's most famous books, Leonardo's Handwriting, was released. In 2009, the work "The White Dove of Cordoba" was also positively received by the readers. And in 2014, the successful detective trilogy "Russian Canary" was released, which included the following works:
- "Zheltukhin".
- "Vote".
- "Prodigal son".
The novels "Leonardo's Handwriting" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street" are still considered the best books written by Dina Rubina. It was these two works that sold in the shortest possible time in thousands of copies, causing a wave of heated discussion on the Web. The first book is about a girl who can see the future, but all her predictions are extremely negative. The second work tells the story of the life of several heroes from the lower strata of society. Their threads of life are intertwined in an amazing way, creating a new and beautiful pattern. This work is closely related to the images of Tashkent in the forties and sixties.
The books by Dina Rubina cause shock and surprisingly beautifully written characters of the characters, and the intricacies of the plot, and rich bright language. However, there are those who do not like the work of the writer. And they often arrange big and heated arguments with Dina's fans, discussing one or another published book or its adaptation.
Personal life of the writer
Talking in various interviews about her personal life, Dina Rubina admitted more than once that her first marriage was frankly unsuccessful. After a number of years, she left her husband and returned to her parents. The writer took her son Dmitry with her.
For a not too large fee for the play "Wonderful Doira", Dina bought a small one-room apartment, in which she and her son lived before moving to Moscow. This life period of the writer was spent in constant tedious work. She had almost no free time, she had to survive.
On the set of the film “Our grandson works in the police”, Dina met her second husband, artist Boris Karafelov, with whom she managed to create a successful and happy family. The couple had a daughter, Eva. Immediately after the wedding (in 1984), they moved to Moscow. And in 1990 - to Israel.
Creativity and life events are closely intertwined in Dina's works. She has autobiographical works, and the story "The Gypsy" is entirely based on family history. Often, the writer's husband complements her works with his paintings, and they get a beautiful, harmonious tandem. The work "Cold Spring in Provence" is just that. In the book, you can find 16 works by Boris, made with a variety of materials (watercolors, gouache, oil, etc.). In an interview with Eksmo, Dina admitted that she never tried to create with her husband, never persuaded him to illustrate her works. On the contrary, in his paintings she always found inspiration, helping to create more and more new books.
