The Algonquin Round Table East

May 31, 2013 9:09 PM

Would you happen to know of any sharp-witted, non-epithet-averse authors from an Asian country whom may also have happened to have had a book banned?
posted by slowlikemolasses to Writing & Language (4 answers total)

Best answer: There are a fair number of Chinese authors who have had their work banned by the Chinese govt. This is a scratch on the surface
posted by edgeways at 9:40 PM on May 31, 2013

Guo Dingsheng, who wrote under the pen-name Boyang, spent some years as a political prisoner in the RoC on Taiwan and had his best-known polemic, The Ugly Chinaman (excerpt), banned on the mainland too, which shows an equal opportunity ability to piss off people in power.
posted by Abiezer at 11:37 PM on May 31, 2013 [1 favorite]

Dr Mahathir Mohammed's book on The Malay Dilemma was banned for the longest time.
posted by infini at 1:32 AM on June 1, 2013

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie was banned in India.
posted by seemoreglass at 9:37 AM on June 1, 2013