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Twan Eng

Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, Malaysia. He worked as an Intellectual Property lawyer before resigning from his position to write novels. He divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town. The Gift of Rain – his first novel – was Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007. It has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Czech and Serbian. His latest novel The Garden of Evening Mists, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012. Boyd Tonkin in The Independent called it ‘an elegant and haunting novel of art and war and memory…’

Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, Malaysia. He worked as an Intellectual Property lawyer before resigning from his position to write novels. He divides his time between Kuala Lumpur and Cape Town. The Gift of Rain – his first novel – was Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007. It has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Czech and Serbian. His latest novel The Garden of Evening Mists, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012. Boyd Tonkin in The Independent called it ‘an elegant and haunting novel of art and war and memory…’

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