Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
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Edition 35 (2019) Winner
Behrouz Boochani
ベフローゼ・ブーちゃに
Behrouz Boochani
Aliases:
بێێڕوز بووچانی
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1983-07-23 （Ilam, Iran）
- Nationality
- Iran
- Languages
- Kurdish, Persian, English
- Residence History
- Iran → Manus Island, Papua New Guinea → Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea → Christchurch, New Zealand
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, writer, filmmaker, refugee advocate
- Active Years
- 2008-2024
- Affiliations
- Senior Adjunct Research Fellow at University of Canterbury
- Memberships
- Honorary member of PEN International (Melbourne and Norwegian branches)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarbiat Modares University | — | Political science | Master's | — | Iran |
| Tarbiat Moallem University (now Kharazmi University) | — | Political geography and geopolitics | Master's | — | Iran |
Tarbiat Modares University
Political science
Degree:
Master's
Country:
Iran
Master's in political science, political geography and geopolitics
Tarbiat Moallem University (now Kharazmi University)
Political geography and geopolitics
Degree:
Master's
Country:
Iran
Located in Tehran
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Victorian Prize for Literature | No Friend But the Mountains | 文学 | State Government of Victoria | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction | No Friend But the Mountains | ノンフィクション | State Government of Victoria | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Special Award, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | No Friend But the Mountains | — | State Library of NSW | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Australian Book Industry Award General Non-Fiction | No Friend But the Mountains | 一般ノンフィクション | Australian Book Industry Awards | 受賞 |
Victorian Prize for Literature
2019
Work:
No Friend But the Mountains
Category:
文学
Organization:
State Government of Victoria
Result:
受賞
Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction
2019
Work:
No Friend But the Mountains
Category:
ノンフィクション
Organization:
State Government of Victoria
Result:
受賞
Special Award, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
2019
Work:
No Friend But the Mountains
Organization:
State Library of NSW
Result:
受賞
Australian Book Industry Award General Non-Fiction
2019
Work:
No Friend But the Mountains
Category:
一般ノンフィクション
Organization:
Australian Book Industry Awards
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison
2018 Memoir/NonfictionMemoir written in Persian via WhatsApp messages from Manus Island detention centre, translated into English by Omid Tofighian. Chronicles his journey and detention experiences.
DetentionRefugeesOppressionKyriarchy
Adaptations
- [Film] No Friend But the Mountains / Rodd Rathjen (2021)
Translations
- Translated by Omid Tofighian
Bibliography
- No Friend But the Mountains (2018)
- Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani (2022)
- They cannot take the sky: Stories from detention (2017, chapter)
Translations of Works
- Persian original translated to English and others
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic proseWhatsApp fragmentsOral tradition style
- Recurring Motifs
- Manus prison despairLoss of hopeKyriarchyRefugee voices
Legacy
Gained international recognition for writings from Manus Island detention, winning major Australian literary prizes and highlighting refugee plight.
In Popular Culture
- Poetry featured in Women of Troy production (2023)
Quotes
-
'I am savouring life as a free man'
Source: Upon arrival in New Zealand (2019)
Trivia
- Co-founded Kurdish magazine Werya
- Wrote major book via WhatsApp on smuggled phone
- First visited Australia in 2022 despite detention history