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Australian cultural historian and writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
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]
She writes books of ideas, reviews, essays and pieces for performance.[4]
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]
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