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MEET-THE-AUTHOR: Yeng Pway Ngon

PUBLISHED October 29th, 2014 10:39 am | UPDATED May 9th, 2018 03:13 am

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SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL 2014

Epigram Books presents our latest Cultural Medallion title by YENG PWAY NGON

TRIVIALITIES ABOUT ME AND MYSELF by YENG PWAY NGON

2 NOVEMBER 2014, SUNDAY

10AM AT FESTIVAL PAVILLION

CAMPUS GREEN, SMU

Hosted by Jeremy Tiang, join them for:

– Discussion of Chinese literature in the local scene

– Photography and autograph session with the author

ABOUT THE BOOK

In Trivialities About Me and Myself, a journalist turned entrepreneur struggles with his identity at the same time the colonised city he lives in turns into a consumer-oriented nation. The book has been translated into English by prolific translator, Howard Goldblatt.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Yeng Pway Ngon is a poet, novelist, playwright and critic who has published 25 books: five novels, two collections of short stories, three volumes of poetry, two collections of stage plays, 11 volumes of essays and a collection each of social critiques and literary critiques. He received the Cultural Medallion for Literature in 2003. His novels, 騷動 [Unrest], 我與我自己的二三事 [Trivialities about Me and Myself] and 畫室 [Art Studio], won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2004, 2008 and 2012 respectively.

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