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Bebe Backhouse Bebe Backhouse i(13527664 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Bardi
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BiographyHistory

'Bebe Backhouse is a Bardi man from Western Australia. With a background in classical music as a concert pianist, repetiteur and teacher, his educational work with Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth in the Kimberley led him to win 'Western Australian Young Person of the Year in the Arts' at twenty-one. He now (2018) lives in Melbourne where he designs and produces creative high-profile festivals and events for that city's diverse communities. ' (Source : Growing up Aboriginal in Australia)

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Personal Awards

2023 recipient Varuna Fellowships — First Nations Fellowship for their collection of poetry ‘if this is the end’
2022 winner Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards — Life Writing Award for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers for 'If This Is the End: Stories of Perpetual Echoes in a Corridor'.
2022 highly commended black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships for 'if this is the end'.
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