Cyril Wong
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| Cyril Wong | |
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| Born | June 27, 1977  Singapore |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
Cyril Wong (b. 1977) is the author of seven published collections of poetry in Singapore.
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[edit] Biography
Born in 1977, Cyril Wong attended Saint Patrick's School, Singapore and Temasek Junior College, before pursuing a Master's degree in English literature from the National University of Singapore. His poems have appeared in journals around the world, including Atlanta Review, Fulcrum, Poetry International, Cimarron Review, Cider Press Review, Wascana Review, Dimsum, and Asia Literary Review. They have also appeared in the 2008 W.W. Norton & Co. anthology, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, & Beyond, and Chinese Erotic Poems by Everyman's Library. Cyril was a featured poet at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (UK), the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, the Sydney Writers' Festival, and the Singapore Writers' Festival. TIME magazine (Dec 10, 2007) has written that "his work expands beyond simple sexuality...to embrace themes of love, alienation and human relationships of all kinds."[1]
Cyril has also been a countertenor with early-music ensemble, Musica Obscura, and he has sung with the Singaporean group, The Singers Vocal Ensemble. He has performed solo at the Seoul Fringe Festival and the Hong Kong Fringe Club. He lives with his life-partners, Sheo S. Rai, and choral conductor, Wilson Goh, in Singapore.
[edit] Books
- tilting our plates to catch the light (Firstfruits, 2007) ISBN 9789810593858
- Excess Baggage and Claim, co-authored with Terry Jaensch (Transit Lounge, 2007) ISBN 9780975022856
- like a seed with its singular purpose (Firstfruits, 2006) ISBN 9810559305
- unmarked treasure (Firstfruits, 2004) ISBN 981050408X
- below: absence (Firstfruits, 2002) ISBN 9810475926
- the end of his orbit (Firstfruits, 2001) ISBN 9810443293
- squatting quietly (Firstfruits, 2000) ISBN 981042826X
[edit] Chapbooks
- The Boy With The Flower That Grew Out Of His Ass (Math Paper Press, 2007) ISBN 9789810583873
[edit] Awards
- Singapore Literature Prize (2006)
- National Arts Council's Young Artist Award (Singapore, 2005)
- Golden Point Award (Singapore, 2004)
[edit] References
[edit] External Links
- TimeOut interview
- "Poetry and the Renaissance Machine", Harvard Asia Quarterly
- "Tembak: Cyril Wong’s Tilting Our Plates To Catch The Light", Kakiseni.com
- "Excess Baggage and Claim (Review)", ABC Radio National
- Postcolonial Web: Singaporean Literature
- Audio recordings at The Cortland Review
- Wong's poetry in the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
