Maria Tumarkin is an Australian cultural historian, essayist and novelist., and is as of 2019[update] senior lecturer in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, teaching creative writing.
Maria Tumarkin | |
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| Born | Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Occupation(s) | Author, cultural historian |
| Employer | University of Melbourne |
| Notable work | Axiomatic |
| Awards | Windham-Campbell Literature Prize |
Early life and education edit
Tumarkin was born and raised in Kharkov, then part of the Soviet Union, now in Ukraine.[1] She left her home country in 1989 when she was a teenager, before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.[2]
She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a PhD in cultural history from the University of Melbourne.[3]
Writing edit
She writes books of ideas, reviews, essays and pieces for performance.[4]
Academia and projects edit
She was an Honorary Artistic Outreach Associate (2015–2016) at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions and a co-creator, with Moya McFadzean, of "The Unending Absence" project.[3]
As of 2021[update] Tumarkin taught creative writing at the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne.[4]
Works edit
Books edit
- Traumascapes: The Power and Fate of Places Transformed by Tragedy (2005)[5]
- Courage (2007)
- Otherland: A Journey With My Daughter (2010)
- Axiomatic (2018)
Essays (selected) edit
Awards edit
- Otherland was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, The Age Book of the Year, and New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.[citation needed]
- "No Skin" was one of five finalists in the 2015 Melbourne Prize for Literature category for essays shorter than 20,000 words[9][10]
- Axiomatic won the 2018 Melbourne Prize for Best Writing[11] and was shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction.[12] It was also shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize.[13][14] and the 2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.[15]
- Winner of the 2020 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize[16]
References edit
- ^ Wood, Charlotte (23 July 2005). "Traumascapes". The Age.
- ^ Dessaix, Robert (19 April 2010). "Otherland: A Journey with My Daughter". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b "Maria Tumarkin". Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Maria Tumarkin". Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Wood, Charlotte (23 July 2005). "Traumascapes". The Age.
- ^ Taylor, Anna Frey (31 July 2014). "Why This American Life falls short for writer Maria Tumarkin". ABC Australia.
- ^ "A selection of my recent essays". Maria Tumarkin. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "'Against Motherhood Memoirs', Dangerous Ideas about Mothers". Maria Tumarkin. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
Extract from Dangerous Ideas about Mothers, edited by Camilla Nelson and Rachel Robertson.
- ^ Steger, Jason (2 September 2015), "Five writers vie for $60,000 Melbourne Prize", Sydney Morning Herald, retrieved 11 July 2016
- ^ Where are all the great Australian essays?, 24 February 2016, Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ "Lester wins $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature; Tumarkin wins Best Writing Award". Books+Publishing. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Nelson, Camilla (8 April 2019). "Stella prize 2019: your guide to the shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
Co-published with The Conversation
- ^ Nelson, Camilla (8 April 2019). "Six books that shock, delve deeply and destroy pieties: your guide to the 2019 Stella Prize shortlist". The Converstation. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Perkins, Cathy (Summer 2019). "Excellence in Literature and History". SL Magazine. 12 (4): 52–55.
- ^ Alice, Jessica (19 March 2020). "Maria Tumarkin on winning the 2020 Windham Campbell: 'It feels like a complicated gift'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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