Maria Tumarkin

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Maria Tumarkin
Born
Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater University of Melbourne
Occupation(s)Author, cultural historian
Employer University of Melbourne
Notable workAxiomatic
Awards Windham-Campbell Literature Prize

Maria Tumarkin is an Australian cultural historian, essayist and novelist, and is as of 2019 senior lecturer in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, teaching creative writing.

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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]

As of 2021 Tumarkin taught creative writing at the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. [4]

Works

Books

Essays (selected)

Awards

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  2. Dessaix, Robert (19 April 2010). "Otherland: A Journey with My Daughter". Sydney Morning Herald.
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  6. Taylor, Anna Frey (31 July 2014). "Why This American Life falls short for writer Maria Tumarkin". ABC Australia.
  7. "A selection of my recent essays". Maria Tumarkin. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  8. "'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.
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  10. Where are all the great Australian essays?, 24 February 2016, Sydney Morning Herald
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  12. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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  15. Perkins, Cathy (Summer 2019). "Excellence in Literature and History". SL Magazine. 12 (4): 52–55.
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