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Michael Mohammed Ahmad

マイケル・モハメド・アフマド

Maikeru Mohameru Afumado

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Inner Sydney
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Inner Sydney → Western Sydney

Career

Occupations
novelist, teacher, community arts worker
Active Years
2012-2024
Affiliations
SWEATSHOP Western Sydney Literacy Movement (founder)
Nominations
Miles Franklin Award 2019 shortlist (The Lebs), Aurealis Award for best anthology 2020 shortlist (After Australia), New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Multicultural NSW Award 2021 shortlist (After Australia), Miles Franklin Award 2022 shortlist (The Other Half of You), Voss Literary Prize 2022 shortlist (The Other Half of You)

Education

Punchbowl Boys High School
Country: Australia
Western Sydney University
Creative Arts
Degree: Doctorate of Creative Arts
Year of Graduation: 2017
Country: Australia

Awards

Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists Award
2015
Work: The Tribe
Organization: The Sydney Morning Herald
Result: winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Multicultural NSW Award
2019
Work: The Lebs
Organization: Government of New South Wales
Result: winner
Queensland Literary Awards The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award
2022
Work: The Other Half of You
Organization: Queensland Literary Awards
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Tribe

2014 Novel

A novel about Arab Australian youth, countering post-9/11 stereotypes.

identityimmigrationstereotypes

The Lebs

2018 Novel

Story of Lebanese-Australian brothers.

familyculturerace

The Other Half of You

2021 Novel

Exploration of identity.

identityrelationships

After Australia

2020 Anthology (editor)

Anthology of multicultural Australian literature.

multiculturalism

Bibliography

  • The Tribe (2014)
  • The Lebs (2018)
  • After Australia (2020, editor)
  • The Other Half of You (2021)

Legacy

Australian writer contributing to multicultural literature and literacy promotion.