Yumna Kassab

Yumna Kassab is an Australian novelist. She was appointed the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature for 2024.

Career Yumna Kassab was born and grew up at Parramatta. She spent two years of her childhood in Lebanon with her family. After studying at Macquarie University she worked as a high school teacher. Reviewing the book for ArtsHub, Georgia Brough described it as a "stunning, succinct collection of short fiction".

In December 2023 Kassab was announced as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature. Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted 2020 Steele Rudd Award, Queensland Literary Awards, shortlisted 2020 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, shortlisted 2020 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted 2020 Australiana Fiction Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards, shortlisted 2022 The Lovers Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, shortlisted 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, shortlisted 2023 Fiction, Prime Minister's Literary Awards, shortlisted 2023 Politica Fiction Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards, shortlisted 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award, longlisted 2025

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