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2009 Man Asian Literary Prize Longlist

The twenty-four title longlist for the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize was announced last week and is listed in full below. The press release has bio information for all of the authors, but not a lot of info on their books. (Just as Michael Orthofer has his bit about how this award isn’t Asian enough I have my standard ...

2008 Man Asian Literary Prize Shortlist

Still catching up on the news of the past week, including the announcement of the five finalists for the Man Asian Literary Prize. The five shortlisted authors and their books are: Kavery Nambisan, The Story that Must Not be Told Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi, Lost Flamingoes of Bombay Miguel Syjuco, ...

2008 Man Asian Literary Prize Longlist

The Man Asian Literary Prize is an annual award for the best Asian novel unpublished in English. As stated on the website, the prize has three main goals: To bring exciting new Asian authors to the attention of the world literary community; To facilitate publishing and translation of Asian literature in and into ...

Man Asian Literary Prize Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize has been announced. The five finalists are: Jose Dalisay Jr., Soledad’s Sister Reeti Gadekar, Families at Home Nu Nu Yi Inwa, Smile As They Bow Jiang Rong, Wolf Totem Xu Xi, Habit of a Foreign Sky Is anyone out there familiar with any of these titles? ...