Taiwanese Novel 'Taiwan Wanderings' Wins International Booker Prize; Author Yang Shuang-tzu: 'It Is My Fortune and Pride to Be Taiwanese'
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The Taiwanese novel 'Taiwan Wanderings' has won the 2026 International Booker Prize at a ceremony in London's Tate Modern, a first for Taiwanese literature. Author Yang Shuang-tzu, in her acceptance speech, declared it her 'fortune and pride' to be Taiwanese, emphasizing that literature cannot be separated from politics. The English translator, Alta L. Price, spoke about her decision to exclusively translate works from Taiwan and her challenge to translation conventions to represent Taiwan's complex, multicultural reality. The £50,000 prize will be shared equally between the author and translator.