Malaysian novelist impresses judges with tale about memory and forgetting in the shadow of second world war
January 2013
Man Asian literary prize shortlist stages Booker re-match
Jeet Thayil and Tan Twan Eng, shortlisted for last year's Booker prize, are up against each other again on the shortlist for Asian literature award
October 2012
Man Asian literary prize loses sponsorship
Booker sponsor says it remains totally committed to Booker, but is withdrawing from Asian prize to trim its costs
March 2012
South Korea's Shin Kyung-sook wins Man Asian literary prize
Please Look After Mom, which tells story of a woman who goes missing, was chosen above contenders by Murakami and Ghosh
January 2012
Man Asian literary prize shortlist 2011 – in pictures
The 'Asian Booker' has extended its shortlist from five to seven this year to accomodate 'the power and diversity' of the region's writing. Get to know it better here
November 2011
Man Asian literary prize announces longlist
Twelve novels from across the Asian region, including Murakami's magnum opus 1Q84, are contending for the $30,000 award
December 2010
Nobel laureate leads Man Asian prize contenders
Kenzaburo Oe's The Changeling is among the 10 books shortlisted for this year's award for the best novel by an Asian writer in English
May 2010
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Joseph O'Connor meets a writer already touched by greatness
November 2009
Man Asian literary prize goes to Chinese bestseller
Su Tong's political fable The Boat to Redemption takes $10,000 award
October 2009
Indian subcontinent dominates Man Asian literary prize shortlist
Two Indian and one Kashmiri-born novelists compete against Chinese and Filipino authors for $10,000 prize
November 2008
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Running a literary prize in the real world
Richard Lea: The winner of the Man Asian award is not entirely unexpected. But then how could it be?
October 2008
China in the running for Man Asian prize double
Riotous comedy Brothers by Yu Hua could be the second novel by a Chinese citizen to win the Man Asian
July 2008
Man Asian favours the Phillippines
The longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize features a strong showing from Filipino writers
October 2007
Burmese author beats censors for place on prize shortlist
A Burmese writer, Nu Nu Yi Inwa, is among the authors shortlisted for the inaugural Man Asian literary prize.
July 2007
Longlist for Man Asian literary prize announced
Xiaolu Guo, author of the Orange-shortlisted A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, heads up the longlist for the inaugural Man Asian literary prize with a new novel, 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth.
