"Ilustrado", a novel by Miguel Syjuco that touches on 150 years of often turbulent Philippines history, has won the second annual Man Asian Literary Prize.
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, November 15, 2008.
Detailed Wikipedia article on "Man Asian Literary Prize":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Asian_Literary_Prize
Biography of Miguel Syjuco from ManAsianLiteraryPrize website:
http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/2008/MiguelSyjuco.html
Miguel Syjuco Wins $10,000 Man Asian Book Award for `Ilustrado' from Bloomberg.com:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=acEv2LjzS6sk&refer=muse
Q&A with Miguel Syjuco from The National Post:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/11/14/q-amp-a-with-ilustrado-author-miguel-syjuco-winner-of-the-man-asian-literary-prize.aspx
Grateful thanks to The Hindu, ManAsianLiteraryPrize.org, Bloomberg.com, The National Post and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Monday, November 17, 2008
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