Taiwan Travelogue has won the 2026 International Booker Prize.
Taiwan Travelogue has been awarded the 2026 International Booker Prize. The novel, written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King, is recognized for its dual achievement as both a romance and a postcolonial narrative. The £50,000 prize will be shared equally between the author and the translator.
- ▪The winner was announced at a ceremony at London’s Tate Modern.
- ▪The International Booker Prize honors outstanding translated works published in the UK and Ireland.
- ▪Judges praised Taiwan Travelogue for its complexity and sophistication.
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Today, at a ceremony at London’s Tate Modern, Natasha Brown, Chair of the 2026 International Booker Prize judging panel, announced this year’s winner: Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s Taiwan Travelogue, translated from Mandarin Chinese by Lin King. The International Booker Prize celebrates “the best work of long-form fiction or collection of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland” in the previous calendar year. “Taiwan Travelogue pulls off an incredible double feat: it succeeds as both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel,” Brown said. “As judges, we’ve enjoyed rich discussions about the many layers of this book. It’s a captivating, slyly sophisticated novel.” The £50,000 prize will be split equally between author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King.
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