Foreword

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29098/crs.v3i2.125

Abstract

Foreword of the thematic issue: Exploring Romani Literature from Theory to Practice

Author Biographies

  • Ana Belén Martín Sevillano, Tenured Associate Professor, Université de Montréal

    Ana Belén Martín Sevillano received her BA and PhD in Hispanic Philology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, specializing in Latin American Literature and Culture. Her research focuses on issues related to diaspora, “race”/ethnicity, and gender in Spain and Latin America. In 2014 she received an endowment from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to work on her project The Emergence of the Hispano-Romani Literature: The Writing of Ethnicity, Diaspora and Citizenship.

  • Oksana Marafioti, Author and Instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Oksana Marafioti is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (2012) and Donatti’s Lunatics (2018). Her writings have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, and in a number of literary journals and anthologies. She has presented lectures at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., and CSPAN’s Book TV. Oksana was the 2013 Library of Congress Literary Award Recipient and was the 2020 recipient of the Picador Excellence in Literature Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and teaches at the
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Published

06/23/2021