Maria Tumarkin
Australian cultural historian and writer
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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 |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Occupations | Author, cultural historian |
| Employer | University of Melbourne |
| Notable work | Axiomatic |
| Awards | Windham-Campbell Literature Prize |
Early life and education
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] Her PhD was titled "Secret Life of Wounded Spaces: Traumascapes in the contemporary Australia".[4]
Writing
She writes books of ideas, reviews, essays and pieces for performance.[5]
Academia and projects
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.[5]
Works
Books
- Traumascapes: The Power and Fate of Places Transformed by Tragedy (2005)[6]
- Courage (2007)
- Otherland: A Journey With My Daughter (2010)
- Axiomatic (2018)
Essays (selected)
Awards
- 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[10][11]
- Axiomatic won the 2018 Melbourne Prize for Best Writing[12] and was shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction.[13] It was also shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize.[14][15] and the 2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.[16]
- Winner of the 2020 Windham-Campbell Literature Prize[17]
