The 2026 International Booker Prize | Vinnaren

Taiwan Travelogue © India Hobson for Booker Prize Foundation

Og vinnaren av den internasjonale Booker-prisen 2026 er Yáng Shuāng-zǐ med romanen Taiwan Travelogue. I internasjonal Booker-samanheng er det like viktig å hylle omsetjaren, i dette tilfellet Lin King.

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Why did Taiwan Travelogue win?

Chair of the 2026 judges Natasha Brown said:

‘Can love overcome a power imbalance? Taiwan Travelogue, winner of the International Booker Prize 2026, teases out the nuances of this question against a backdrop of 1930s Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule.

‘Taiwan Travelogue follows Aoyama, a well-meaning author from Japan, and her Taiwanese interpreter, Chizuru, on a government-sponsored tour of Taiwan. From their first meeting, sparks fly between the two women. The power dynamics inherent to their burgeoning relationship, however, prove difficult to navigate. Chizuru is a cipher: enchanting, yet unknowable. She resists all of Aoyama’s efforts to pierce her carefully-constructed mask of professionalism.

‘This book doesn’t shy away from the complexities (both real and fictional) of its journey into the English language. Instead, it uses the hallmarks of a more traditional text – introductions, footnotes, afterwords – to wrap an intriguing metafictional layer around its core love story. Lin King’s deft translation perfectly conveys the nuances of the novel’s narrative voices.’

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King © David Parry for Booker Prize Foundation

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