2007 Man Asian Literary Prize Winner Announced
Hong Kong, 10 November 2007 – A panel of three internationally acclaimed authors and experienced literary judges named Jiang Rong winner of the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize for the novel
Wolf Totem.
Adrienne Clarkson, Chair of the judges for the inaugural prize praised
Wolf Totem: "A panoramic novel of life on the Mongolian grasslands during the Cultural Revolution, this masterly work is also a passionate argument about the complex interrelationship between nomads and settlers, animals and human beings, nature and culture. The slowly developing narrative is rendered in vivid detail and has a powerful cumulative effect. A book like no other. Memorable."
The prize winner was announced at a celebratory dinner at Cipriani Hong Kong. Jiang Rong was awarded USD 10,000 and the book’s translator, Howard Goldblatt, was awarded USD 3,000.
Wolf Totem was selected from shortlist of five:
Jose Dalisay Jr., Soledad's Sister
Reeti Gadekar, Families at Home
Nu Nu Yi Inwa, Smile As They Bow
Jiang Rong, Wolf Totem
Xu Xi, Habit of a Foreign Sky
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