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Shokoofeh Azar

Shokoofeh Azar

Australian-Iranian
Publisher: Europa Editions

Shokoofeh Azar moved to Australia as a political refugee in 2011. She is the author of essays, articles, and children’s books, and is the first Iranian woman to hitchhike the entire length of the Silk Road. The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, originally written in Farsi, was shortlisted for Australia’s Stella Prize for Fiction and is shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. It is her first novel to be translated into English.

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The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

2020

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