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UC Writers in Residence 2021: Vana Manasiadis and Behrouz Boochani

The University of Canterbury’s Ursula Bethell Writers in Residence for 2021 have been announced.

Behrouz Boochani (seen here with Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Professor Catherine Moran) will be one of the writers in residence hosted in UC Arts in 2021, which he describes as providing “precious space”.

Senior Lecturer Erin Harrington says the University’s English department is thrilled to be able to support these two talented writers. 

“They bring with them a wealth of expertise, and impressive track records that connect the local with the international. Their mutual interests in the power of language and translation, and the experiences of migrants and exiles, are an important way of demonstrating the power of the creative arts. We and our students will be lucky to have them join our community.”

Dr Harrington notes the writers have some fortuitous overlap and points of intersection in their work.

“Both writers have international connections and networks, are multilingual, and have an interest in translation – which includes making work available in other languages, and in language revitalisation. Both are interested in the stories of migrants and exiles. Both are interested in indigeneity, and Behrouz is interested particularly in the relationships of indigenous peoples globally.”

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