Maria Takolander

Who is Maria Takolander?

Maria Takolander, born in Melbourne in 1973, is an Australian writer. She is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Literary Studies at Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria.

Takolander is the author of five books: a collection of short stories, The Double; a book of literary criticism, Catching Butterflies: Bringing Magical Realism to Ground; and three collections of poems, The End of the World, Ghostly Subjects and Narcissism. Takolander won the inaugural 2010 Australian Book Review Elizabeth Jolley short story competition, and she was awarded a 2011 Australia Council New Work grant to complete a subsequent book of short stories, The Double. Ghostly Subjects was short-listed for a 2010 Queensland Premier's Literary Prize. Takolander's short stories, poems and essays have been widely published in Australian journals and newspapers.