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Tash Aw (Aw Ta-Shi (Chinese: 歐大旭; pinyin: Ōu Dàxù)) was born on 4 October, 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan, is a Malaysian writer. Discover Tash Aw's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?
| Popular As |
Aw Ta-Shi (Chinese: 歐大旭; pinyin: Ōu Dàxù) |
| Occupation |
Novelist |
| Age |
52 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
4 October, 1971 |
| Birthday |
4 October |
| Birthplace |
Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality |
Taiwan
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He is a member of famous Novelist with the age 52 years old group.
Tash Aw Height, Weight & Measurements
At 52 years old, Tash Aw height not available right now. We will update Tash Aw's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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| Height |
Not Available |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
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| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
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Tash Aw Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Tash Aw worth at the age of 52 years old? Tash Aw’s income source is mostly from being a successful Novelist. He is from Taiwan. We have estimated Tash Aw's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Novelist |
Tash Aw Social Network
Timeline
Tash Aw, whose full name is Aw Ta-Shi (born 4 October 1971) is a Malaysian writer living in London.
Born in 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan, to Malaysian parents, Tash Aw returned to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the age of two, and grew up there.
Like many Malaysians, he had a multilingual upbringing, speaking Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese at home, and Malay and English at school.
He eventually relocated to England to study law at Jesus College, Cambridge, and at the University of Warwick before moving to London to write.
He completed the MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in 2003.
His first novel, The Harmony Silk Factory, was published in 2005.
It was longlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize and won the 2005 Whitbread Book Awards First Novel Award as well as the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel (Asia Pacific region).
It also made it to the long-list of the world's prestigious 2007 International Impac Dublin Award and the Guardian First Book Prize.
It has thus far been translated into twenty languages.
Cites his literary influences as James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Marguerite Duras, William Faulkner and Albert Camus.
His second novel, titled Map of the Invisible World, was published in May 2009.
Time magazine called it "a complex, gripping drama of private relationships," and praised "Aw's matchless descriptive prose", "immense intelligence and empathy."
His 2013 novel Five Star Billionaire was longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.
He was a juror for the 2014 O. Henry Award, identifying Mark Haddon's "The Gun" as his favourite story of the year's selection.
In 2016, he published The Face: Strangers on a Pier, a memoir on immigration through the experience of his Chinese-Malaysian family, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
In January 2018, his alma mater, the University of Warwick, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
He has been a visiting professor at Columbia University and was the 2018/19 Judith Ginsberg Fellow at the Institute of Ideas & Imagination in Paris.
His novel, We, The Survivors, published in 2019, was also a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
His novels have been translated into 23 languages.
In 2023, Aw was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Based on royalties as well as prizes, Aw is the most successful Malaysian writer of recent years.
Following the announcement of the Booker longlist, the Whitbread Award and his Commonwealth Writers' Prize award, he became a celebrity in Malaysia and Singapore.
