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Refugee wins the Australia's richest literary prize
Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won the Victorian Prize for Literature. Behrouz Boochani was awarded for his work “No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison”. The astonishing fact is that Boochani wrote the work on his phone and sent it to Omid Tofighian bit-by-bit in text messages. ..
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Topics: Asylum seeker • Behrouz Boochani • Nauru • No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison • Omid Tofighian • Victorian Prize for Literature
Behrouz Boochani wins Australia’s richest literary prize
The Kurdish Iranian journalist, filmmaker and detained refugee, Behrouz Boochani has won the Victorian Prize for Literature for a book he reportedly wrote using the online messaging service WhatsApp. He was awarded the Aus$100,000 (US$72,600) prize for his book “No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison”. He will receive an additional Aus$25,000 after ..
Topics: Asylum seeker • Behrouz • Behrouz Boochani • Continents • Manus Island • Manus Province • Manus Regional Processing Centre • No Friend But the Mountains • Oceania • Victorian Premier's Literary Awards