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The Man Asian Literary Prize has been restructured, to award novels written by "a citizen of an Asian country and first published in English in 2010". Translations into English are also eligible, as long as they are first published in English this year. The prize previously went to books that had not yet been published in English. The prize money has been trebled from US$10,000 to US$30,000, and the translation prize has increased from US$3000 to US$5000. Critics are concerned that the changes will exclude books from countries, or written in languages, that are already outside the radar of English-language publishers.  

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