Oksana Marafioti (nee Kopylenko) is a writer.
Biography
editA 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][2] She is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her works have appeared in Slate[3] and Time,[4] 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.[5] 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[6] and participated in the C-SPAN panel discussion on race and ethnicity in 2015.[7] 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.
References
edit- ^ Peterson, Kristen (July 11, 2012), "Growing up Gypsy: 'They see you as a thief and a fortune-teller'", Las Vegas Weekly, retrieved August 12, 2012
- ^ King, Pat (October 16, 2000). "UNLV program promotes job creation in film industry". Las Vegas Business Press. 17 (41): 3.
- ^ "Why TLC's My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding Doesn't Represent the Romani". Slate. May 15, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Roma Writer: Actually, Stealing Children Isn't Our Favorite Pastime". Time. October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Picador Guest Professorship". Picador. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Magical Realism in Russia: How Ancestry Worship, Shamanism & Christianity Shaped the Nation". Library of Congress. May 16, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Panel Discussion on Race and Ethnicity". CSPAN. October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
Further reading
edit- Tyrkus, Michael J. (2014). Contemporary authors. Volume 344 : a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Detroit: Gale. ISBN 9781414497334. OCLC 864717039.
- Hutner, Gordon (2015). Immigrant voices: Volume III. New York: New American Library. ISBN 9780698182721. OCLC 910879877.
- "'American Gypsy': A Road From Siberia to Hollywood". NPR. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- Sambuchino, Chuck (2012-07-10). "How I Got My Agent: Oksana Marafioti". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- "'Corpus cartography': diasporic identity as flesh and blood". Academia.
- "Romani Realities in the United States:Breaking the Silence, Challenging the Stereotypes". FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.