Daren Shiau
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Shiau in 2008
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| Born | June 1971 |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Notable awards | Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Foundation Education Award (2003), National Arts Council Young Artist Award (2002), Commonwealth Youth Program Asia Award for Excellence in Youth Work (2001), Singapore Youth Award (Community Service) (2000) |
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Daren Shiau (Chinese: 萧维龙, born 1971), PBM, is a Singaporean novelist, poet, conservationist, and lawyer in private practice qualified in Singapore, England and Wales. He is an author of five books.
Shiau is a holder of the civil decoration the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) which is awarded for commendable public service in Singapore, and for achievements in the field of arts and letters, et al. Other writers who have been conferred the Public Service Medal include Edwin Thumboo and Simon Tay.
Shiau was born in Singapore in 1971, and of Hakka and Peranakan grandparentage. He was educated at Raffles Institution, Raffles Junior College, and graduated from the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore on the Dean's List in 1996.
A Fulbright scholar, and an alumnus of the East-West Center in Honolulu established by the United States Congress in 1960, Shiau was the Visiting Writer in Fall 2003 to the University of California, Berkeley (Centre for Southeast Asian Studies).
Shiau is the author of Heartland (1999), Peninsular: Archipelagos and Other Islands (2000), and Velouria (2007). He is also a co-editor of Coast (2010), a seminal mono-titular anthology.
Travel guide Lonely Planet: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei has cited Shiau as the author of the "definitive Singapore novel", and The Arts Magazine had described Shiau as "among the most exciting of the post-1965 generation of writers".
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