Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 1, 1972(54)
Place of Birth
Penang, Malaysia
Also Known As
陳團英
Tan Twan Eng
Writing
Biography
Tan Twan Eng is a Malaysian novelist known for being the first Malaysian recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize., the first Malaysian novelist to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and the first Malaysian author to win the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.