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Tan Twan Eng


Malaysia (b.1972)

Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, Malaysia. He divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town.

The Gift of Rain, his first novel, was Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Czech and Serbian.
 

Genres: Historical
 
Novels
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Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2007) : The Gift of Rain
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2012) : The Garden of Evening Mists
Walter Scott Prize Best Historical Novel winner (2013) : The Garden of Evening Mists
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2014) : The Garden of Evening Mists


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