Shokoofeh Azar is among the 13 writers, and Iran’s first, to be on the Booker Prize International longlist | Lifestyle News,The Indian Express

Shokoofeh Azar is among the 13 writers, and Iran’s first, to be on the Booker Prize International longlist | Lifestyle News,The Indian Express

Shokoofeh Azar is among the 13 writers, and Iran’s first, to be on the Booker Prize International longlist

MARCH 1, 2020 8:43:23 AM

Azar, 48, who has been living in Australia (Melbourne) as a political refugee since 2011, becomes the first Iranian author to have been recognised by the £50,000 prize, which is split between the winning author and translator.