Jiang Rong, author of Wolf Totem, was awarded the first Man Asian Literary Prize. The Man Asian Literary Prize is the Asian version of the Man Booker Prize and one of its objectives is to bring Asian authors to the world literary scene. Our own Butch Dalisay was one of those shortlisted for the award for his novel, Soledad’s Sister. Mr. Dalisay’s blog includes an excerpt from Soledad’s Sister which will be published soon.

Other links: The Man Asian Literary Prize