A Letter from Manus Island by Behrouz Boochani translated by Omid Tofighian with a preface by Ruth Skilbeck. Second edition pamphlet [2023] (first edition published in 2018)
A Letter from Manus Island by Behrouz Boochani translated by Omid Tofighian with a preface by Ruth Skilbeck. Second edition pamphlet [2023] (first edition published in 2018)
Second edition published in 2023. First published in 2018 by Borderstream Books*.
Behrouz Boochani, author, filmmaker and journalist wrote his profound and powerful poetic political manifesto A Letter From Manus Island after four years incarceration as a stateless refugee on Manus in Australian-run camps. His letter, a humanitarian message, translated by Omid Tofighian, is published with a preface by Ruth Skilbeck. This 2023 new edition includes the addition of biographical notes for the translator, and preface writer.
A Letter From Manus Island is also published by Borderstream Books in Arts Features International, Issue 1 Winter 2018, ‘Escape Artists Anthology’ with works by artists and authors from around the world, and across Australia.
ISBN: 9780645842265 (paperback)
Published by Borderstream Books
Date of publication: 23 October 2023
28 pages
Pamphlet dimensions: 14 x 0.2 x 21.6 cm
Pamphlet Weight: 59 g
*Behrouz Boochani’s essay translated by Omid Tofighian was first published in The Saturday Paper in 2017. It is reproduced in this pamphlet (and the first edition in 2018) by kind permission of Behrouz Boochani.