Oksana Marafioti Explained

Oksana Marafioti (nee Kopylenko) is a writer.

Biography

A classically trained pianist, she graduated from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas' Professional Film Crew Training Program, and worked in film before moving into writing.^[1] She is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her works have appeared inSlate^[2] and Time,^[3] and Immigrant Voices Vol.II (Penguin Random House, 2015). She was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Kluge Center Fellow and the 2020 recipient of the Picador Guest Professorship Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany.^[4] Along with many interviews and panel appearances, Oksana has presented her research on Magical Realism In Soviet Russia at the Library of Congress in 2013^[5] and participated in the C-SPAN panel discussion on race and ethnicity in 2015.^[6] In 2018, Oksana founded Lounge Writers, an online creative writing studio that offers classes by award-winning and best-selling authors to help writers of all levels explore and enhance their craft.

Further reading

• Book: Tyrkus. Michael J.. Contemporary authors. Volume 344 : a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. 2014. Gale. Detroit. 9781414497334 . 864717039.
• Book: Hutner. Gordon. Immigrant voices: Volume III. 2015. New American Library. New York. 9780698182721 . 910879877.
• Web site: 'American Gypsy': A Road From Siberia to Hollywood. NPR. 24 March 2018.
• Web site: Sambuchino. Chuck. How I Got My Agent: Oksana Marafioti. Writer's Digest. 24 March 2018. 2012-07-10.
• Web site: 'Corpus cartography': diasporic identity as flesh and blood. Academia.
• Web site: Romani Realities in the United States:Breaking the Silence, Challenging the Stereotypes. FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.

External links

• Oksana-Marafioti.com
• Lounge Writers
• Atlanticist
• Diaspora In Character

Notes and References

1. King . Pat . October 16, 2000 . UNLV program promotes job creation in film industry . Las Vegas Business Press . 17 . 41 . 3 .
2. Web site: Why TLC’s My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding Doesn’t Represent the Romani. Slate. May 15, 2012. October 20, 2023.
3. Web site: Roma Writer: Actually, Stealing Children Isn’t Our Favorite Pastime. Time. October 23, 2013. October 20, 2023.
4. Web site: Picador Guest Professorship. Picador. October 20, 2023.
5. Web site: Magical Realism in Russia: How Ancestry Worship, Shamanism & Christianity Shaped the Nation. Library of Congress. May 16, 2013. October 20, 2023.
6. Web site: Panel Discussion on Race and Ethnicity. CSPAN. October 17, 2015. October 20, 2023.