Omar bin Musa | |
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 Omar Musa at Jaipur Literature Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Omar bin Musa |
| Born | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | hip hop, slam poetry, spoken word |
| Occupation(s) | poet, rapper, author, artist |
| Instrument | vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | omarmusa |
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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hall, Hannah (1 February 2017). "Hannah Hall Interviews Omar Musa". Cordite. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Omar Musa: Killernova". Penguin. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Omar Musa: 2018 Young Alumnus of the Year". Australian National University. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "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.