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Oksana Marafioti

Oksana Marafioti

American-Romani writer

Oksana Marafioti (nee Kopylenko) is a writer.

Oksana Marafioti

Biography

A 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 inSlate[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

  1. [1]
    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
  2. [2]
    King, Pat (October 16, 2000). "UNLV program promotes job creation in film industry". Las Vegas Business Press. 17 (41): 3.
  3. [3]
    "Why TLC's My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding Doesn't Represent the Romani". Slate. May 15, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Roma Writer: Actually, Stealing Children Isn't Our Favorite Pastime". Time. October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Picador Guest Professorship". Picador. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Magical Realism in Russia: How Ancestry Worship, Shamanism & Christianity Shaped the Nation". Library of Congress. May 16, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Panel Discussion on Race and Ethnicity". CSPAN. October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2023.

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