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Tan Twan Eng

Malaysian writer

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Born 1972 · age 54
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    14 languages
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  • Age
    54
    Born 1972
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-17

Tan Twan Eng is a Malaysian novelist who writes in English. He published his first novel, The Gift of Rain, in 2007. He is best known for his 2012 book The Garden of Evening Mists which won the Man Asian Literary Prize and Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, making Tan the first Malaysian to be recognised by all three awards.

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Source confidence75.0
Completeness60.0
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