Oksana Marafioti

Oksana Marafioti is an American writer of Armenian and Russian Romani descent.

Oksana Marafioti reading an excerpt from her book, American Gypsy, at the book launch

Biography

A classically trained pianist, she graduated from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas' Professional Film Crew Training Program, and worked as a cinematographer before moving into writing.[1][2] In 2010 she contributed a short story to "The Perpetual Engine of Hope," an anthology featuring stories written by seven Las Vegas writers.[3] The "Fairy Tale Review" published her story "Krivoye Lake" in 2012.[4] Her memoir "American Gypsy" [5] describes her experiences in the former Soviet Union and her emigration to the United States as a fifteen-year-old just before the breakup of the USSR.[6] Her writings have appeared in Slate and Time magazines. Oksana is a 2013 Black Mountain Institute-Library of Congress Kluge Center Fellow.

References
  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. King, Pat (October 16, 2000). "UNLV program promotes job creation in film industry". Las Vegas Business Press. 17 (41): 3.
  3. Geoff Schumacher (Editor), "The Perpetual Engine of Hope", Stephens Press, November 2010; ISBN 978-1-935043-35-5
  4. Kate Bernheimer (Editor), Alissa Nutting (Guest Editor), "Fairy Tale Review (The Grey Issue)", Fairy Tale Review Press, 2012; ISSN 1556-6153
  5. Oksana Marafioti, "American Gypsy", Farrar, Straus and Giroux, July 2012; ISBN 978-0-374104-07-8
  6. "American Gypsy". Publishers Weekly. July 7, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.

Further reading
  • 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 Hollyood". NPR. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  • Sambuchino, Chuck (2012-07-10). "How I Got My Agent: Oksana Marafioti". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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