Filipino Author Wins 2008 Man Asian Literary Award
November 15, 2008 by Bilingual Pen filed under EventsNews | 470 viewsFilipino author, Miguel Syjuco, wins this years Man Asian Literary Award for his novel, Ilustrado. A fictional account of a young Filipino caught within a notorious scandal spanning over the Philippine history, Ilustrado is also this years Palanca grand prize winner in the novel category.
Authors who made it to the shortlist are: Kavery Nambisan (Indian), The Story that Must Not be Told; Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi (Indian), The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay; Yu Hua (Chinese), Brothers; and Alfred A. Yuson (Filipino), The Music Child.
Established in 2006, Man Asian Literary Awards aims to recognize the best of new Asian literature and to bring it to the attention of the world literary community. The Awards first ever winner was Chinese writer Jiang Rong, with his novel Wolf Totem.
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