Maria Tumarkin Explained

Maria Tumarkin
Birth Place:Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Australian
Alma Mater:University of Melbourne
Occupation:Author, cultural historian
Employer:University of Melbourne
Notable Works:Axiomatic
Awards:Windham-Campbell Literature Prize

Maria Tumarkin is an Australian cultural historian, essayist and novelist, and is senior lecturer in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, teaching creative writing.

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]

Writing

She writes books of ideas, reviews, essays and pieces for performance.[4]

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]

Tumarkin taught creative writing at the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne.[4]

Works

Books

Essays (selected)

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Traumascapes . 23 July 2005 . . Charlotte . Wood.
  2. News: Otherland: A Journey with My Daughter. 19 April 2010. Sydney Morning Herald. Robert . Dessaix. Robert Dessaix.
  3. Web site: Maria Tumarkin. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. 8 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Maria Tumarkin. https://web.archive.org/web/20211010211006/http://www.mariatumarkin.com/. 10 October 2021. 8 April 2019.
  5. News: Traumascapes. 23 July 2005 . The Age . Charlotte . Wood.
  6. Web site: Why This American Life falls short for writer Maria Tumarkin. ABC Australia. 31 July 2014. Anna Frey. Taylor.
  7. Web site: A selection of my recent essays. Maria Tumarkin. 8 April 2019.
  8. Web site: 'Against Motherhood Memoirs', Dangerous Ideas about Mothers. Maria Tumarkin. 8 April 2019. Extract from Dangerous Ideas about Mothers, edited by Camilla Nelson and Rachel Robertson..
  9. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/where-are-all-the-great-australian-essays-20160220-gmxuh7.html Where are all the great Australian essays?, 24 February 2016
  10. Web site: Lester wins $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature; Tumarkin wins Best Writing Award. 2018-11-15. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2019-01-07.
  11. Web site: Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced. 2018-12-12. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-12.
  12. News: The Guardian. Stella prize 2019: your guide to the shortlist. Camilla. Nelson. 8 April 2019. 8 April 2019. Co-published with The Conversation.
  13. Web site: The Converstation. Six books that shock, delve deeply and destroy pieties: your guide to the 2019 Stella Prize shortlist. Camilla. Nelson. 8 April 2019. 8 April 2019.
  14. Perkins. Cathy. Summer 2019. Excellence in Literature and History. SL Magazine. 12. 4. 52–55.
  15. News: Alice. Jessica. Maria Tumarkin on winning the 2020 Windham Campbell: 'It feels like a complicated gift'. 2020-03-19. The Guardian. 2020-03-20. en-GB. 0261-3077.

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