Tash Aw

Tash Aw

Tash Aw at the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Born
Aw Ta-Shi (Chinese: 歐大旭; pinyin: Ōu Dàxù)

(1971-10-04) 4 October 1971
OccupationNovelist
NationalityMalaysian
Alma materJesus College, Cambridge
University of Warwick
University of East Anglia
GenreFiction
Notable worksThe Harmony Silk Factory, Map of the Invisible World, Five Star Billionaire, We, The Survivors
Notable awardsMan 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.