Tash Aw
Tash Aw | |
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Tash Aw at the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival | |
| Born | Aw Ta-Shi (Chinese: 歐大旭; pinyin: Ōu Dàxù) 4 October 1971 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge University of Warwick University of East Anglia |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | The Harmony Silk Factory, Map of the Invisible World, Five Star Billionaire, We, The Survivors |
| Notable awards | Man Booker Prize (longlisted), Whitbread Book Awards First Novel Award, Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel (Asia Pacific region) |
Tash Aw FRSL, whose full name is Aw Ta-Shi (Chinese: 歐大旭; pinyin: Ōu Dàxù; Jyutping: Au1 Daai6 Juk1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Au Tāi-hiok; born 4 October 1971), is a Malaysian writer living in London, England.