Maria Tumarkin

Maria Tumarkin was born in the former USSR and immigrated to Australia. Maria has taught at universities and writing centres, directed video clips, written radio documentaries, contributed catalogue essays for galleries and museums, and collaborated with visual artists, psychologists and public historians. Her work has been published, performed, carved into tiles, and set to music. She holds a PhD in cultural history from the University of Melbourne and was a Post-doctoral Fellow on the international ‘Social Memory and Historical Justice’ project. Maria was a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow in humanities and teaches creative writing at the University of Melbourne.