Miguel Syjuco (November 17, 1976) is a Filipino writer from Manila and the Man Asian

Literary Prize grand prize winner for 2008.

Syjuco is the son of Augusto Syjuco Jr., a politician allied with the party of Philippine
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.[1]

Syjuco graduated from high school in 1993 from the Cebu International School. He
received a degree in English literature from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2000 and
completed his MFA from Columbia University in 2004. He is currently on a scholarship
to undertake a PhD in English literature from the University of Adelaide.

His novel, Ilustrado, won the Grand Prize for the Novel in English at the 2008 Palanca
Awards. In November of the same year, he won the Man Asian Literary Prize also for
Ilustrado. In 2010, the novel won the QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for
Fiction, Quebec's top literary prize. It was also a finalist for the 2010 Grand Prize du
Livre de Montreal, one of the rare English-language books ever to make the final round.

In late 2010, Ilustrado was published in translation in Spanish (by Tusquets), Swedish (by
Natur och Kultur), and Dutch (by Mouria).

Syjuco is represented by Peter Straus at the Rogers, Coleridge and White Literary
Agency in London, and by Melanie Jackson in New York City.

He currently lives in Montreal with his girlfriend Edith and two cats. He has already sold
a second book to North American publishers.[1]

[edit] References
1. ^ a b Lau, Joyce Hor-Chung (8 May 2010). "An Expatriate Filipino Writes
of a Parallel Life". The New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/world/asia/09syjuco.html?
pagewanted=1&ref=world&src=me. Retrieved 11 May 2010.

[edit] External links

• The Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. Man Asian Literary Prize Official Site
• 2008 Palanca Awards. List of prize-winners for 2008.
• & A with Ilustrado author Miguel Syjuco. From The National Post (Canadian
newspaper).
• Filipino Author Syjuco Wins Man Asian Literary Prize. From Wall Street Journal.
• [1] Syjuco's "Ilustrado' blurs reality, by Elizabeth Yuan, CNN, May 6, 2010
• [2] An Expatriate Filipino Writes of a Parallel Life, By JOYCE HOR-CHUNG
LAU. May 8, 2010
• [3] "Ilustrado": A graphic journey into the Filipino underbelly. Slide show: A
cartoonist's illustrated review of "Ilustrado," Miguel Syjoco's award-winning,
 globetrotting novel. By Ward dutton, The Barnes & Noble Review. Featured by
Salon.com. June 24, 2010.
• YouTube.com interview with Miguel Syjuco at Asia House in the United
Kingdom.
• YouTube.com Miguel Syjuco in Conversation with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard,
ALOUD, LA Central Library.
• [4] Miguel Syjuco audio interview, June 2010.