Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi, the 2026 winner of the prestigious International Booker Prize, answers questions about her book at a press event in Jung District, central Seoul, on June 1. [YONHAP]
Yang Shuang-zi, the 2026 winner of the prestigious International Booker Prize, said Monday she hopes literature will serve as a powerful and lasting tool for a changing society by carrying messages to future generations.
Yang made the remarks at a press conference in Seoul, following her recent win for her historical novel “Taiwan Travelogue,” which explores themes of love, food, colonialism and identity through the relationship between a Japanese novelist and her Taiwanese interpreter.
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Yang and her translator, Lin King, are the first pair to win the prestigious prize for an East Asian novel since Korean author Han Kang and translator Deborah Smith won the prize for Han's critically acclaimed work “The Vegetarian” in 2016.
