India, May 20 -- Taiwan Travelogue, a novel by Taiwanese writer Yang Shuang-zi about forbidden love and Taiwanese food, has won the International Booker Prize 2026.
Taiwan Travelogue is the first book translated from Mandarin Chinese to English to win the the prestigious award.
The International Booker Prize recognizes the vital work of translation, with the 50,000 pound prize money divided equally between the author and Lin King, the book's Taiwanese-American translator.
An English translation by Lin King was published by Graywolf Press in 2024. It won the US National Book Award for Translated Literature the same year, the first Taiwanese book to win the award.
The novel, which takes the form of a fictional translation of a rediscovere...