2011 Man Asian Literary Prize Shortlist

I always feel happy when  the Asian authors getting noticed internationally and this award is one way to make a author popular globally. I'm even more happy to see many Indian names, to be precise three, in this years shortlist. Here is the list :

No.	Author	Book	Nationality
1.	Amitav Ghosh	River of Smoke	Indian
2.	Jahnavi Barua	Rebirth	Indian
3.	Rahul Bhattacharya	The Sly Company of People Who Care	Indian
4.	Jamil Ahmad	The Wandering Falcon	Pakistani
5.	Shin Kyung Sook	Please Look After Mom	South Korean
6.	Yan Lianke	Dream of Ding Village	Chinese
7.	Banana Yoshimoto	The Lake	Japanese

2010 Prize was won by Chinese author Bi Feiyu for the acclaimed novel 'Three Sisters'.

I bought Amitav Ghosh's  'River of Smoke' last month , have to start reading it.Rahul Bose tweeted about this book that it was an excellent read.. When i was in New Delhi i saw "The Wandering Falcon" by Jamil Ahmad at the book stalls , and it was in the bestseller list, have to buy and read it too.

All the best for the shortlisted authors, the winner will be announced on March 15 in Hong Kong.