Singapore Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2014) Winner
Amanda Lee Koe
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Amanda Lee Koe
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1988-01-01 （Singapore）
- Nationality
- Singapore
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
- Residence History
- Singapore → New York
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Short story writer
- Active Years
- 2013-
- Influenced By
- Søren Kierkegaard, Yasunari Kawabata, Vladimir Nabokov
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for Internationaler Literaturpreis - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Shortlisted for Frankfurt Book Fair's LiBeraturpreis, Longlisted for Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | Writing Program | MFA | — | United States |
Columbia University
Writing Program
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
2018
Country:
United States
Undergraduate in cinema studies in Singapore
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Singapore Literature Prize | Ministry of Moral Panic | — | Singapore Literature Prize | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Henfield Prize | Delayed Rays of a Star (manuscript) | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 2016 | PEN/Heim Translation Grant | Ten Years of Marriage (translation) | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
Singapore Literature Prize
2014
Work:
Ministry of Moral Panic
Organization:
Singapore Literature Prize
Result:
受賞
Henfield Prize
2017
Work:
Delayed Rays of a Star (manuscript)
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
PEN/Heim Translation Grant
2016
Work:
Ten Years of Marriage (translation)
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ministry of Moral Panic
2013 Short story collectionA collection of short stories featuring idiosyncratic characters from Singapore's social peripheries, challenging the conservative state's ideological imperatives.
CapitalismSexualityEthnicityContemporarinessBiopower
Delayed Rays of a Star
2019 NovelA novel about the lives of Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Leni Riefenstahl, exploring moral tightropes between ambition and selling one's soul.
HistoryCinemaAmbitionMoralitySexuality
Sister Snake
2024 NovelBibliography
- Ministry of Moral Panic (2013)
- Delayed Rays of a Star (2019)
- Sister Snake (2024)
Translations by Author
- Translation of Su Qing's Ten Years of Marriage
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- EvocativeGroundedInventive narratives
- Recurring Motifs
- Social peripheriesHomosexualityMadnessState power
Health
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Manic episodeシンガポール時代初期Led to resigning from jobs and starting full-time writing.
Legacy
Singaporean novelist, youngest winner of Singapore Literature Prize, known for queer perspectives on capitalism, sexuality, and more; based in New York.
Trivia
- Identifies as queer
- Parents worked for Singapore Airlines
- Strong affinity for Weimar culture, Dada, Surrealism