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Japan
Nahoko Uehashi(b. 196 2)
Fantasy writer
he award-winning author of fantasy work and children’s
stories is best known for her12-volume series of Japanese
fantasy novels,Moribito. For her “lasting contribution”
as a children’s writer, Uehashi won the world-renowned
Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014, the “Nobel Prize”
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China
Yan Lianke (b.1958)
Novelist & short-story writer
Yan is a proliic and vocal writer of satirical 20th-century
Chinese literature, some of which is banned by the Chinese
government, such as the novel Serve the People! Many of
his works have been translated into more than 30 languages
and are distributed globally. Yan sometimes features as a
character in his novels.SOURCE © MUDD UP! SOURCE © ALCHETRON“China’s censorship is not as rigorous as everyone thinks. The self-censorship of the
authors is much worse.” – Yan Lianke
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Indonesia/Singapore
Clarissa Goenawan (b.1988)
Novelist & short-story writer
his special mention is for Goenawan’s runaway debut
mystery iction, Rainbirds, which won the prestigious
Bath Novel Award (2015). It was irst published by New
York City’s Soho Press in 2018, and is being translated into
nearly 10 languages. Goenawan also writes award-winning
short stories, many of which have been published in
literary magazines and anthologies.
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Singapore
Felicia Low-Jimenez (b.1978)
Children’s writer
Another special mention, this time for the Sherlock Sam
children’s iction series, which caught the atention of
Andrews McMeel Publishing, the American publisher
that puts out Calvin and Hobbes and the Big Nate series.
he series revolves around an ever-hungry 10-year-old
detective, his robot sidekick and a gang of friends. he
books are co-writen by Low’s American husband.PHOTO © MINDY TAN