A Letter From Manus Island by Behrouz Boochani translated by Omid Tofighian with a preface by Ruth Skilbeck. Second edition (2023) ebook (pdf) pamphlet first published in 2018 by Borderstream Books
A Letter From Manus Island by Behrouz Boochani translated by Omid Tofighian with a preface by Ruth Skilbeck. Second edition (2023) ebook (pdf) pamphlet first published in 2018 by Borderstream Books
Second edition published 9 October 2023. First edition published 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.First published in 2018, the new edition published in 2023 has the addition of biographical notes.
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.
New edition (ebook-pdf): ISBN 9780645842272 28 pages
Date of publication: 9 October 2023
Place of publication: Whittington, Victoria, Australia.
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.