Cyril Wong
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Artistry Cafe (Singapore) on 19 Sep 2013.
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| Born |
27 June 1977 Singapore |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Ethnicity | Chinese |
| Education | Doctoral degree in English Literature from National University of Singapore Temasek Junior College Saint Patrick's School, Singapore |
| Notable awards | Golden Point Award (Singapore, 2004), National Arts Council's Young Artist Award (Singapore, 2005), Singapore Literature Prize (2006) |
Cyril Wong (simplified Chinese: 黄益民; traditional Chinese: 黃益民; pinyin: Huáng Yì Mín; born 27 June 1977) is a poet, fictionist and critic.
Born in 1977, Cyril Wong attended Saint Patrick's School, Singapore and Temasek Junior College, before completing a doctoral degree in English literature at the National University of Singapore. His poems have appeared in journals around the world, including Atlanta Review, Fulcrum, Poetry International, Cimarron Review, Wascana Review, Prairie Schooner, MĀNOA, Dimsum, Asia Literary Review, The Bungeishichoo (Japanese translation), La traductière (French translation) and Die Horen (German translation). They have also been featured 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 guest editor for Gangway (#35 – Travel and Transitioning), co-editor of the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, founding editor of poetry webjournal, SOFTBLOW, and a featured poet at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, the Sydney Writers' Festival, and the Singapore Writers' Festival. TIME magazine (10 December 2007) has written that "his work expands beyond simple sexuality...to embrace themes of love, alienation and human relationships of all kinds."
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