Posted on: Sunday, March 6, 2005
Ha Jin among the finalists for Kiriyama award
Associated Press
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| Ha Jin, 49, winner of the National Book Award in 1999, is the oldest of five finalists in the fiction category for the '05 Kiriyama Prize.
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Ha Jin, winner of the National Book Award in 1999 for his novel, "Waiting," is among five finalists in the fiction category for the Kiriyama award. At age 49, he is the oldest. The others, all under 40, are Rupa Bajwa for "The Sari Shop," Perumal Murugan for "Seasons of the Palm," Kelly Ana Morey for "Grace is Gone" and Nadeem Aslam for "Maps for Lost Lovers."
Besides Philip Short's biography of Pol Pot, nominees for the nonfiction prize are Luis Alberto Urrea's "The Devil's Highway," Charles Wohlforth's "The Whale and the Supercomputer," Masayo Duus' "The Life of Isamu Noguchi" and Suketu Mehta's "Maximum City."
Winners, who will be announced March 29, each receive $15,000. The prize is sponsored by Pacific Rim Voices, a nonprofit organization that seeks to "encourage greater understanding of and among the peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim and South Asia."
