Man Asian favours Filipino writers
The Guardian reports the longlist for the second Man Asian literary prize has been announced, it "features an unexpectedly strong showing from Filipino writers.
The list, which is chosen from submissions received from all over Asia, comprises 21 works of Asian fiction yet to be published in English from both well established and first-time authors.
Four of the contenders for the $10,000 prize hail from the Philippines. Of these, Alfred A Yuson is by far the most experienced, with 22 books, as well as poetry and essay collections, to his name. His nominated novel, The Music Child, tells of an American journalist who undergoes strange experiences in a southern island in the Philippines.
The three other writers from the Philippines in the running are Ian Rosales Casocot, with Sugar Land; Miguel Syjuco, with Ilustrado; and Lakambini A Sitoy, nominated for Sweet Haven. Sitoy's fiction has appeared in anthologies in her home country and in the United States, Britain and other European countries".
The list, which is chosen from submissions received from all over Asia, comprises 21 works of Asian fiction yet to be published in English from both well established and first-time authors.
Four of the contenders for the $10,000 prize hail from the Philippines. Of these, Alfred A Yuson is by far the most experienced, with 22 books, as well as poetry and essay collections, to his name. His nominated novel, The Music Child, tells of an American journalist who undergoes strange experiences in a southern island in the Philippines.
The three other writers from the Philippines in the running are Ian Rosales Casocot, with Sugar Land; Miguel Syjuco, with Ilustrado; and Lakambini A Sitoy, nominated for Sweet Haven. Sitoy's fiction has appeared in anthologies in her home country and in the United States, Britain and other European countries".
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