Omar Musa

Omar bin Musa
Omar Musa at Jaipur Literature Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne 2017
Omar Musa at Jaipur Literature Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne 2017
Background information
Birth nameOmar bin Musa
BornQueanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Genreship hop, slam poetry, spoken word
Occupation(s)poet, rapper, author, artist
Instrument(s)vocals
Years active2002–present
Websiteomarmusa.com.au

Omar bin Musa is a Malaysian-Australian author, poet, rapper, and visual artist from Queanbeyan, New South Wales.[1][2][3] He has released four hip hop records, four books of poetry,[4] and the novel Here Come the Dogs, which was long-listed for the Miles Franklin Award[5] and the International Dublin Literary Award.[6] Musa was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Young Novelists of the Year in 2015.[7]

  1. ^ Sebag-Montefiore, Clarissa (17 February 2016). "Omar Musa, Australia's star slam poet, brings 'in-betweener' perspective to US". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ Skidmore, Maya (28 April 2022). "How hip-hop poet Omar Bin Musa discovered a garden of delights through his cultural heritage". Time Out. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ Hall, Hannah (1 February 2017). "Hannah Hall Interviews Omar Musa". Cordite. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Omar Musa: Killernova". Penguin. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist 2015: Omar Musa, Suzanne McCourt and Christine Piper hit it big with debut works". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Omar Musa: 2018 Young Alumnus of the Year". Australian National University. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Maxine Beneba Clarke, Alice Pung, Ellen Van Neervan, Omar Musa, Michael Mohammed Ahmad are 2015 Best Young Australian Novelists". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

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