My End Is My Beginning

MY END IS MY BEGINNING

MORIS FARHI (1935–2019) was born in Ankara, Turkey, before moving to the UK. An international human rights advocate, he campaigned for Amnesty International and was both Vice President of PEN International and Chair of the International PEN Writers in Prison Committee. His novels include Children of the Rainbow, Journey through the Wilderness, Young Turk and A Designated Man. He also published a poetry collection, Songs from Two Continents, and wrote for the theatre and screen. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, in 2001 Farhi was appointed an MBE for services to literature.

‘Farhi is fuelled by a powerful imaginative gift.’

New Statesman

An international human rights advocate, he campaigned for Amnesty International and was both Vice President of PEN International and Chair of the International PEN Writers in Prison Committee.