21/05/2026
We are incredibly proud to celebrate TAS alumna Lin King ’12, who, together with author Yang Shuang-zi, has received the International Booker Prize 2026 for Taiwan Travelogue, marking a historic achievement as the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to receive the award!
This moment feels especially meaningful to our community. Just this past December, we had the honor of welcoming Lin back to campus alongside Yang Shuang-zi for a student-led literary conversation with parents, students, alumni, faculty, and friends of TAS.
Our community came together for a student-led literary conversation that explored literature, translation, history, identity, food, and the many ways Taiwan’s stories continue to be told. Through bilingual interviews and thoughtful questions, TAS students invited deeper reflection on whose voices shape history and how literature can help us see familiar stories in new ways.
Lin King shared how translation became more than transferring words. It became an act of preserving complexity, honoring context, and helping readers experience Taiwan’s multilingual and multicultural realities. Yang Shuang-zi reflected on literature’s ability to revisit history, challenge assumptions, and ask enduring questions about identity, belonging, and the future.
Now, seeing their work recognized on one of the world’s most respected literary stages feels both inspiring and deeply personal.
Congratulations to Yang Shuang-zi and to our own Lin King ’12 on this extraordinary achievement. Thank you for reminding us that stories matter, language matters, and that voices from Taiwan belong on the global stage!
Read more about their visit here: https://ow.ly/LKHw50Z2wap
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