Literary Award Goes to The Arrival

Shaun Tan's gorgeous-looking The Arrival won the Community Relations Commission Literary Award for 2007, announced at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards dinner held in Sydney. Tan's work deals with migrant experiences, and its wordless nature has been lauded as a plus in terms of reaching multiple members of that specific audience and communicating the universal aspects of those experiences. Tan received $15,000 in conjunction with the honor.

Some of you might remember Eddie Campbell's passionate essay about Tan late last year or looking at Tan's web site after seeing the book mentioned here at CR on Eddie's recommendation. The web site is down right now, one guesses because of the increased attention brought by the award, but you should bookmark it for later if you haven't poked around over there. Strangely, I had forgotten all about the book since writing about it.
 
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