Man Asian Literary Prize

The Man Asian Literary Prize, founded in 2007, is an annual literary award given to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in English or translated into English, and published in the previous calendar year.
It is awarded to writers who are citizens or residents of 34 out of 50 Asian Countries -
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Hong Kong or Macau SAR's, The Maldives, The PRC of China, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

 Prize Money
The Man Asian Literary Prize awards USD 30,000 to the author and an additional USD 5,000 to the translator (if any)

Sponsor
The Man Asian Literary Prize is sponsored by Man Group plc., title sponsor of the Man Booker Prize

Winners List

Year 2007
Jiang Rong  won the inaugural prize with his work,' Wolf Totem '
 

Wolf Totem is a Semi-autobiographical Novel about the experiences of a young student from Beijing  who finds himself sent down to the countryside of Inner Mongolia in 1967, at the height of China's Cultural Revolution.
The author, Lu Jiamin wrote the book under the pseudonym Jiang Rong; his true identity did not become publicly known until several years after the book's publication.

Year 2008

Miguel Syjuco,a Filipino writer now based in Montreal,Canada  for his novel 'Illustrado'

 

Ilustrado, a novel by Miguel Syjuco is a fictional account of a young Filipino investigating the life of his mentor, Crispin Salvador(a fictional Filipino writer and literary hoax) after the man’s death. The novel presents Salvador as if he were a real-life writer and thinker, and spans 150 years of Philippine history.
The Illustrados(Spanish for Erudite,learned or enlightned ones)


 Year 2009

The winner for 2009 was Su Tong  for 'The Boat to Redemption'

 

Su Tong is the pen name of a Chinese  writer born in Suzhou who is now based in Nanjing and his  real name is Tong Zhonggui (童忠贵)
The Boat to Redemption is set during the cultural revolution. Ku Wenxue, said to be an orphan with a legendary revolutionary martyr for a mother, is a powerful party official until a birthmark on his bottom casts doubt on his pedigree. Falling into disgrace after the exposure of his extramarital affairs, he castrates himself and starts a new life on a barge fleet among a group of ostracised boat people, taking his teenage son, Dongliang, with him.



Year 2010

The winner for 2010 is Bi Feiyu's 'Three Sisters'

 

 Storyline of 'Three Sisters'

 In a small village in China, the Wang family has produced seven sisters in its quest to have a boy; three of the sisters emerge as the lead characters in this remarkable novel. From the small-town treachery of the village to the slogans of the Cultural Revolution to the harried pace of city life, Bi Feiyu follows the women as they strive to change the course of their destinies and battle against an “infinite ocean of people” in a China that does not truly belong to them. Yumi will use her dignity, Yuxiu her powers of seduction, and Yuyang her ambition—all in an effort to take control of their world, their bodies, and their lives.