00:00The recent literally hit, Taiwan Travelog, has just become the first novel translated from Mandarin to win the prestigious International
00:07Booker Prize.
00:26Taiwan文学的百年探问实际上是台湾人百年来对自由与平等的追求能够成为一名台湾人是我的幸运能够以台湾作家的身份站在这里是我的骄傲
00:28Yang Shuangzi published Taiwan Travelog in 2020, with the English translation by Lin King released in 2024.
00:35Set in Japanese-ruled Taiwan, the novel follows two women on the culinary journey across the island.
00:41Yang says her story of same-sex romance in the 1930s is a vehicle to explore power and identity.
00:47The book has already won awards in Taiwan and internationally, but the Booker Prize marks its biggest recognition yet.
00:54President Lachinda congratulated the pair in his speech marking two years in office.
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