'Taiwan Travelogue' Wins Asia Society Translated Literature Award

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Taiwanese novel “Taiwan Travelogue,” written by Yang Shuangzi and translated by Lin King, has won the Baifang Schell Book Prize for translated literature, awarded by the Asia Society.

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00:00The English translation of the Taiwanese novel Taiwan Travelogue has won a Literary Translation Award from the Asia Society.

00:08Author Yang Shuangzi is the first Taiwanese writer to win the Bai Fang Xiao book prize.

00:13The English version was written by New York-based translator Lin King.

00:17It's set during Japan's occupation of Taiwan and explores the relationship between two women,

00:22a visiting Japanese writer and her local Taiwanese interpreter.

00:26Taiwan Travelogue was also the first Taiwanese novel to win the U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature last year.

00:33The original Chinese version was published in 2020 and won the Golden Tripod Award, Taiwan's highest literary honor.

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