{"id":137,"date":"2026-05-20T11:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/?p=137"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:43:30","slug":"international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On May 19, 2026 A story about Taiwanese food and love between two women won the International Booker Prize 2026. Taiwanese writer Y\u00e1ng Shu\u0101ng-zi\u2019s Taiwan Travelogue, translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King, is experimental in form becoming the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It contains a scholarly foreword, afterwords, fictional footnotes and real translator\u2019s notes. Taiwan Travelogue, written by Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and Taiwanese-American translator Lin King, follows two women on their culinary tour across Taiwan in the 1930s, when the island was under Japanese rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiwan Travelogue centres on a fictional Japanese writer, Aoyama Chizuko, who is on a government-sponsored tour of Taiwan with a Taiwanese translator, O Chizuru, whom she falls in love with. Through their lens, the novel explores issues of love, culture, colonial history and power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taiwan Travelogue had already won several accolades. Yang, 41, also writes essays, manga and video game scripts. Her original Mandarin Chinese version of the novel won Taiwan’s highest literary honour, the Golden Tripod Award in 2021. Lin King’s English translation version won the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On May 19, 2026 A story about Taiwanese food and love between two women won the International Booker Prize 2026. Taiwanese writer Y\u00e1ng Shu\u0101ng-zi\u2019s Taiwan Travelogue, translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King, is experimental in form becoming the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award. It contains a scholarly …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[28,29,31,30,32],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-internationalbookerprize","tag-internationalbookerprize2026","tag-taiwanesefood","tag-taiwantravelogue","tag-yangshuangzi"],"yoast_head":"\nInternational Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize - The Indian View - English News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize - The Indian View - English News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On May 19, 2026 A story about Taiwanese food and love between two women won the International Booker Prize 2026. Taiwanese writer Y\u00e1ng Shu\u0101ng-zi\u2019s Taiwan Travelogue, translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King, is experimental in form becoming the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award. It contains a scholarly …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Indian View - English News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-20T05:43:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-20T05:43:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TIV Eng Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TIV Eng Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TIV Eng Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e88193a1ba8403dde5920933ad4d0798\"},\"headline\":\"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-20T05:43:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-20T05:43:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"#Internationalbookerprize\",\"#InternationalBookerPrize2026\",\"#Taiwanesefood\",\"#TaiwanTravelogue\",\"#YangShuangzi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/\",\"name\":\"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize - The Indian View - English News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-20T05:43:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-20T05:43:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e88193a1ba8403dde5920933ad4d0798\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Indian View - English News\",\"description\":\"Latest News Views & Information\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e88193a1ba8403dde5920933ad4d0798\",\"name\":\"TIV Eng Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc27720412278fa585a7e2bcd3f3637f463d23f4fab051eb2bdd9f646cabd062?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc27720412278fa585a7e2bcd3f3637f463d23f4fab051eb2bdd9f646cabd062?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc27720412278fa585a7e2bcd3f3637f463d23f4fab051eb2bdd9f646cabd062?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TIV Eng Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theindianview.in\\\/en\\\/author\\\/tiveng1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize - The Indian View - English News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize - The Indian View - English News","og_description":"On May 19, 2026 A story about Taiwanese food and love between two women won the International Booker Prize 2026. Taiwanese writer Y\u00e1ng Shu\u0101ng-zi\u2019s Taiwan Travelogue, translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin King, is experimental in form becoming the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award. It contains a scholarly …","og_url":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/","og_site_name":"The Indian View - English News","article_published_time":"2026-05-20T05:43:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-20T05:43:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1536,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"TIV Eng Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TIV Eng Team","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/"},"author":{"name":"TIV Eng Team","@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e88193a1ba8403dde5920933ad4d0798"},"headline":"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize","datePublished":"2026-05-20T05:43:28+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-20T05:43:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/"},"wordCount":199,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp","keywords":["#Internationalbookerprize","#InternationalBookerPrize2026","#Taiwanesefood","#TaiwanTravelogue","#YangShuangzi"],"articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/","url":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/","name":"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize - The Indian View - English News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-20T05:43:28+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-20T05:43:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e88193a1ba8403dde5920933ad4d0798"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7d728f70-538d-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg.webp","width":1536,"height":1024},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/international-booker-prize-2026-announced-taiwan-travelogue-wins-the-prize\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"International Booker Prize 2026 announced, Taiwan Travelogue wins the prize"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/","name":"The Indian View - English News","description":"Latest News Views & Information","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e88193a1ba8403dde5920933ad4d0798","name":"TIV Eng Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc27720412278fa585a7e2bcd3f3637f463d23f4fab051eb2bdd9f646cabd062?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc27720412278fa585a7e2bcd3f3637f463d23f4fab051eb2bdd9f646cabd062?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc27720412278fa585a7e2bcd3f3637f463d23f4fab051eb2bdd9f646cabd062?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TIV Eng Team"},"url":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/author\/tiveng1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theindianview.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}