This was the first year that a published novel won the Man Asian prize a cash award of US$30, 000.

由一本已出版的小说带走三万美元奖金，今年还是头一遭。

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Founded in 2007, the Man Asian Literary Prize is awarded annually to an Asian novel that has not been published in English yet.

曼氏亚洲文学奖始于2007，每年颁奖一次，颁奖对象为暂未用英语发表的亚洲小说。

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As the first Asian who gets the Nobel Prize for literature, Tagore is a monumental man in history of Indian literature who makes profound and lasting influence on modern Indian literature.

泰戈尔作为亚洲第一位获得诺贝尔文学奖的作家，是印度文学史上的一座丰碑，对印度近现代文学影响深远而巨大。

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First awarded in 2007, the Man Asian literary prize, is given annually to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in or translated into English, published in the previous calendar year.

BBC: Tan Twan Eng wins Man Asian literary prize

Author Tan Twan Eng has become the first Malaysian author to win the Man Asian Literary Prize.

BBC: Tan Twan Eng wins Man Asian literary prize