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Jean Bachoura Jean Bachoura i(10434778 works by)
Born: Established: 1989 Damascus,
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Syria,
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Middle East, Asia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Syrian ; Lebanese
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BiographyHistory

Born in Damascus to a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother, Jean Bachoura was educated at the University of Melbourne, and later pursued a career in acting, including roles in The Librarians, We Run This, and the mini-series Gallipoli, as well as short films.

In 2016, he was shortlisted for the Deborah Cass Prize for an emerging writer from a multicultural background.

 

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2019 winner Lifted Brow Prize for Experimental Nonfiction
2018 recipient The Next Chapter Mentorship

Paired with Maria Tumarkin   
2016 winner Deborah Cass Prize For 'Night Falls', an extract from a longer work.
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Awards for Works

Tretinoin i "Hi", 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , September no. 43 2019; (p. 66-77)
2019 winner The Lifted Brow and RMIT non/fictionLAB Prize for Experimental Non-fiction
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