Why aren't there any international best selling Filipno authors?

Question

Filipinos have been writing literature for ages yet we have yet to produce an Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, or Paulo Coelho; giants who made it big in the literary world. Why is this so?? Is it because the world is simply not interested in the Philippines (Lord I hope not!)? Is it due to the fact that we are not a member of the Commonwealth hence our ineligibility for the Booker Prize? Is there still hope for a Filipino to write about his country and culture and be read by an interested and broad audience?

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I found it funny how you thought of the Commonwealth thing being a part of it. But I don't think so. Considering the fact that Philippines has more nurses, engineers, and seamen, it is not surprising to know that there are yet a very diminutive amount of writers in the Philippines compared to other countries. I also don't think that the world is not interested in our country, because surprisingly, we produce a liberal amount of literate students in here. But the thing is, they choose other profession, not writing - which is a sad fact. Interesting question though, I might add.

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