London, 20/5: Taiwanese author Yáng Shuang-zi and translator Lin King have won the International Booker Prize for Taiwan Travelogue, a historical romance set in Japan-occupied Taiwan in the 1930s.
The prestigious award, which was handed out in a ceremony at London’s Tate Modern gallery on Tuesday, recognises works of fiction from around the world that have been translated into English. It is the first novel written in Mandarin Chinese to win the prize.
