Dina Yafasova (born 1971) is a writer in exile and citizen of the world. Born in the Soviet Union (Uzbekistan) and now resident in Denmark, she writes in Russian. Dina Yafasova studied journalism at Tashkent State University, from where she graduated in 1993, and formerly worked as Central Asian correspondent for Danish and other international media from 1998 to 2001. Her investigative reports portray daily life in a post-Soviet dictatorship. In 2001 she was selected to take part in the US State Department’s International Visitor Program. She was forced to flee in 2001 after having been subjected to torture and threats upon her life. The same year, she was honoured with a Hellman/Hammet grant, a prestigious award given by Human Rights Watch to persecuted writers. In 2002 she was nominated for the Courage in Journalism Award by the US Committee to Protect Journalists. Yafasova, however, declined to step forward publicly for fear of endangering friends and relatives in her homeland.

Her first book of documentary prose, Dagbog fra Sandholm [Sandholm Diary] was published by Gyldendal in 2006. It was an immediate bestseller and one of the year’s most hotly debated books. Critically acclaimed, Dagbog fra Sandholm has been referred to as “an eye-opener” and “excellent, major literature”. Her second book of documentary prose, the novel Kald mig ikke offer! [Don’t Call Me a Victim!], is set to appear in March/April 2011.