Behrouz Boochani's literary prize cements his status as an Australian writer
- Written by Keyvan Allahyari, PhD candidate in English, University of Melbourne
When the author Richard Flanagan described Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker currently held on Manus Island, as “a great Australian writer”, he turned tired cliché into a pointed question: what makes an “Australian” writer?
No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani.Pan MacmillanFlanagan was...
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