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陈团英（马来语：Tan Twan Eng；1972年—）是一位马来西亚作家，2013年凭《夕雾花园》获得第六届英仕曼亚洲文学奖。陈团英出生于槟城，长大后到英国伦敦大学修读法律，毕业后在吉隆坡的一间律师事务所任职，2000年左右开始写作，2007年出版第一本小说《雨之赐》，后来又去到开普敦进修法律的硕士课程。

文学生涯

至2013年，陈团英只出版了两本小说。2007年，他转投作家后出版了第一本小说《雨之赐》，但出版过程毫不顺利，多间出版社都不愿替他出书，最后只有一家小出版商接受了他的作品，岂料到陈团英的处女作即入围当年的布克奖最后13强。2012年，他出版了第二本小说《夕雾花园》，《夕雾花园》为他带来第二次入围布克奖，入围后的销量由每星期百多本跳升至近千本，今次更入围决选的最后6强，只可惜最后都是铩羽而归。不过，《夕雾花园》为他赢得了第六届的英仕曼亚洲文学奖，获得3万美元的奖金，成为首位获得该奖项的马来西亚作家。同年，陈团英再下一城，继续凭《夕雾花园》赢得2013年斯科特历史小说奖，并获得2万5千英镑的奖金。

作品

《雨之赐》

《夕雾花园》中文版２０１５年由猫头鹰出版

资料

Author website

Author interview

"Agency and the Pedagogy of Japanese Colonialism in Tan Twan Eng's The Gift of Rain" by David C.L. Lim

夕雾花园中文版(博客来网络书店)

Tan Twan Eng (Chinese: 陳團英; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Thoân-eng; b. 1972) 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.

Background and life

Tan was born in Penang and grew up in Kuala Lumpur.

He is of the Straits Chinese descent. Tan speaks mainly English, Malay, Penang Hokkien, and some Cantonese.

Tan attended a school in Petaling Jaya, where teachers used a cane to discipline the children for speaking in class or failing to do homework.

As a teenager he was a huge fan of synth-pop music bands like Pet Shop Boys, A-HA, OMD and Depeche Mode.

Tan studied law at the University of London and later worked as an advocate and solicitor in intellectual property law in one of Kuala Lumpur's leading law firms before becoming a full-time writer.

He has a first-dan ranking in aikido and lives in Malaysia.

Career

His first novel, The Gift of Rain, published in 2007, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. It is set in Penang before and during the Japanese occupation of Malaya in World War II. The Gift of Rain has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Czech, Serbian, French, Russian, Hungarian and German.

His second novel, The Garden of Evening Mists, was published in 2012. It was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize and won the Man Asian Literary Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The novel was adapted into a film starring Hiroshi Abe, Lee Sin-je, John Hannah, David Oakes and Sylvia Chang, which was released in 2020.

Tan has spoken at literary festivals, including the Singapore Writers Festival, the Ubud Writers Festival in Bali, the Asia Man Booker Festival in Hong Kong, the Shanghai International Literary Festival, the Perth Writers Festival, the Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne, Australia, the Franschhoek Literary Festival in South Africa, the Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland, the George Town Literary Festival in Penang, the Head Read Literary Festival in Tallinn, and many more.

He is one of the judges of the International Booker Prize 2023, the first Malaysian author to be appointed to that role.

His 2023 novel, The House of Doors, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2024 Walter Scott Prize.

Works

The Gift of Rain (2007)

The Garden of Evening Mists (2011)

The House of Doors (2023)

Awards

Man Asian Literary Prize (2012)

£25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2013)