Malaysian author joins judging panel for the International Booker Prize 2023

'We're expecting to read submissions of approximately 150 novels translated from various languages into English and published in the UK,' says Tan about the International Booker Prize 2023 judging panel's task ahead. Photo: The Star/Filepic

Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng has been announced as one of the judges for next year’s International Booker Prize, a British literary award that highlights fiction from all five continents, translated into English.

“I'm honoured to be the first ever Malaysian author invited to join the panel of judges of the International Booker Prize. We're expecting to read submissions of approximately 150 novels translated from various languages into English and published in the UK,” says Tan, 50, about the literary prize (established in 2005) which continues to build in global importance every year.