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Behrouz Boochani Fellowship
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ABR Behrouz Boochani Fellowship
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History
Inaugurated by the Australian Book Review in 2019 and presented in association with the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne, the Behrouz Boochani Fellowship honours Iranian-Kurdish poet and writer Behrouz Boochani, detained on Manus Island. The fellow will contribute three articles to ABR throughout the year, on topics of refugees, statelessness or human rights.
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Works About this Award
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Behrouz Boochani and the Politics of Naming 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 413 2019; (p. 44)'In June 2019, Australian Book Review announced the ABR Behrouz Boochani Fellowship, an initiative generously funded by Peter McMullin in association with the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (University of Melbourne). This initiative was not only created to highlight issues pertaining to displacement and exile, but also as an important act of naming in the face of a border regime designed to strip human beings of their personal identities and dignity. Behrouz’s work has meticulously illustrated how Australia’s border politics drives people into submission and insanity by systematically erasing their names.' (Introduction)
