International Booker Prize 2026: ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ is First Winner Originally Written in Mandarin

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The Guardian - UK 2 days ago • theguardian.com

International Booker prize goes to novel originally written in Mandarin Chinese for the first time

Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, pulled off an ‘incredible double feat’ in succeeding as ‘both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel’Taiwan Travelogue, a novel written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ…

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The New York Times - Arts 2 days ago • nytimes.com

International Booker Prize 2026: ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ is First Winner Originally Written in Mandarin

“Taiwan Travelogue” is the first novel originally written in Mandarin to win the major award for fiction translated into English.

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