Chair Judge of the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize, Razia Iqbal, announces the 2011 longlist on Saturday 29th October 2011.
90 books were submitted for entry in 2011 and the longlist of 12 books is as follows: AUTHOR, Country -- Title (Publisher)
• JAMIL AHMAD, Pakistan -- The Wandering Falcon (Penguin India/Hamish Hamilton)
• TAHMIMA ANAM, Bangladesh -- The Good Muslim (Penguin India/Hamish Hamilton)
• JAHNAVI BARUA, India -- Rebirth (Penguin India/Penguin Books)
• RAHUL BHATTACHARYA, India - The Sly Company of People Who Care (Pan Macmillan/Picador)
• MAHMOUD DOWLATABADI, Iran -- The Colonel (Haus Publishing)
• AMITAV GHOSH, India - River of Smoke (John Murray/Penguin India/Hamish Hamilton)
• HARUKI MURAKAMI, Japan -1Q84 (Harvill Secker)
• ANURADHA ROY, India-- The Folded Earth (Quercus/Maclehose Press/Hacehette India)
• KYUNG-SOOK SHIN, South Korea -- Please Look After Mom (Alfred A. Knopf)
• TARUN J TEJPAL, India -- The Valley of Masks (HarperCollins India/4th Estate)
• YAN LIANKE, China - Dream of Ding Village (Grove Atlantic)
• BANANA YOSHIMOTO, Japan - The Lake (Melville House)
The shortlist will be announced on 10 January 2012.
With thanks to the National Theatre, London.
Music: Bhangra Knights by Husan.
www.manasianliteraryprize.org
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