'The story of the 2009 war in Sri Lanka in which tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were brazenly and brutally killed, is rapidly being buried by powerful countries with strategic and business interests in the region. This book seeks to unbury those terrible, sordid secrets and place them in clear view for the world to see.'- Arundhati Roy
Biografía del autor
Benjamin Dix is Senior Fellow at SOAS, University of London, and founder of the non-profit PositiveNegatives which produces literary comics that explore complex social and humanitarian issues.He has worked across South Asia as a professional photographer and as a Communications and Liaison Manager for the United Nations. From 2004-8 he was based in the LTTE (Tamil Tigers)-controlled Vanni, in north Sri Lanka, throughout the post-tsunami reconstruction and subsequent civil war. Lindsay Pollock is a Senior Artist at PositiveNegatives, where he has illustrated a number of testimonial comics. His work has appeared on the BBC, on Channel 4 and in multiple languages across Europe, Asia and Africa. His short story Little Sister was runner-up in the Observer / Jonathan Cape Comics prize.Vanni is his debut graphic novel.