Yumna Kassab
Yumna Kassab | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Notable awards | Parramatta Laureate in Literature, 2024 |
Yumna Kassab is an Australian novelist. She was appointed the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature for 2024.
Career
[edit | edit source]Yumna Kassab was born and grew up at Parramatta.[1] She spent two years of her childhood in Lebanon with her family.[2] After studying at Macquarie University she worked as a high school teacher.[2]
Her first book, The House of Youssef, published in 2019, contains short stories of Lebanese migrants living in Western Sydney.[3] Reviewing the book for ArtsHub, Georgia Brough described it as a "stunning, succinct collection of short fiction".[4]
In December 2023 Kassab was announced as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature.[1]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- The House of Youssef
- Stella Prize, longlisted 2020[5]
- Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted 2020[6]
- Steele Rudd Award, Queensland Literary Awards, shortlisted 2020[7]
- Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, shortlisted 2020[8]
- Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted 2020[9]
- Australiana
- Fiction Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards, shortlisted 2022[10]
- The Lovers
- Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted 2023[11]
- Miles Franklin Literary Award, shortlisted 2023[12]
- Fiction, Prime Minister's Literary Awards, shortlisted 2023[13]
- Politica
- Fiction Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards, shortlisted 2024[14]
- Miles Franklin Literary Award, longlisted 2025[15]
Publications
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References
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