The 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize longlist was announced on Tuesday. The longlist nominees are:
– Three Sisters by Bi Feiyu
– Way to Go by Upamanyu Chatterjee
– Dahanu Road by Anosh Irani
– Serious Men by Manu Joseph
– The Thing About Thugs by Tabish Khair
– Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna
– The Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe
– Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa
– Monkey-man by Usha K.R.
– Below the Crying Mountain by Criselda Yabes
The list includes 1994 Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe and represents fiction writers from countries as disparate as India, China, the Philippines and Japan. This year’s judges are Monica Ali, Homi K. Bhabha and Hsu-Ming Teo. Finalists will be announced in February and the winner will be named in March at a ceremony in Hong Kong.
The Man Asian Literary Prize was founded in 2007. Awarded annually to an Asian writer, the Man Asian Literary Prize is given for the best novel either written in or translated into English.