Do’s novel The Happiest Refugee was named book of the year at Monday night’s award ceremony in Melbourne. The book explores his family’s journey to Australia and the difficulties they faced ...

His 2010 autobiography, The Happiest Refugee, won Book of the Year at the Australia Book Industry Awards. He wrote in depth about fleeing war-torn Vietnam, ...

Anh Do, a comedian and author, won three awards for his book, The Happiest Refugee. It tells the story of a refugee family’s perilous escape from the war in Vietnam in the late 1970s.

Comedian and author Anh Do has won the top prize for his novel 'The Happiest Refugee' at Australia's top book awards. Sydney-based Do won Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards in ...

Anh Do: The Happiest Refugee. By Reviewed by Cameron Woodhead. July 19, 2012 — 3.00am. ... (recently named Australian Book of the Year), and a popular figure on stage and small screen.

Comedian and author Anh Do, who has just won a major literary prize for his book The Happiest Refugee, says there is less empathy in the community for asylum seekers today than when he arrived ...

Author and comedian Anh Do discusses his new acclaimed book about being a refugee in Australia. His book, The Happiest Refugee, just won Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards.

His first book, The Happiest Refugee, has sold 123,000 copies and won half-a-dozen prizes. Russell Crowe has optioned the film rights. ''Many people told me not to call the book '… ...

On top if the book’s initial success, The Happiest Refugee recently won ‘Book of the Year’, ‘Newcomer of the Year’ and ‘Biography of the Year’ (joint winner with Musician Paul Kelly’s How to Make ...

Author, artist and refugee Anh Do had 17 of his children's books banned in a US school district. Anh Do is the author of the illustrated children's book The Little Refugee and memoir The Happiest ...

Russell Crowe plans film based on comedian Anh Do’s harrowing memoir The Happiest Refugee. The debut director is counting on his new Gallipoli film The Water Diviner to be popular enough to ...