'Mardin Arvin is a Kurdish Iranian writer and translator who was imprisoned by the Australian Government from 2013–2021: Manus Island (2013–2019), Port Moresby (2019), and Melbourne (2019–2021). Since January 2021 he has been living in Melbourne on a temporary bridging visa—his future remains uncertain. He works in four lan - guages: Kurdish, Farsi, English and Tok Pisin; and he has continued to conduct research, translate and write his book, all of which he began during his incarceration.'
(Southerly 79.2)
