Maria Tumarkin is a writer, historian, teacher, and translator. Currently she teaches creative writing at The University of Melbourne. She has written numerous essays which have appeared in the Griffith Review, the Sydney Review of Books, The Conversation, Right Now, Meanjin and other publications. Her books include Axiomatic, Otherland, Courage, and Traumascapes. In December 2018, she was awarded the Best Writing Award as part of the Melbourne Prize for Literature for her book, Axiomatic.
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