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Jeremy Tiang

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Jeremy Tiang

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1977-01-17 （Singapore）
Nationality
Singaporean
Languages
English, Chinese
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Singapore → New York City

Career

Occupations
writer, translator, playwright
Active Years
2009-2025
Nominations
2016 Singapore Literature Prize shortlist (It Never Rains on National Day), 2016 Epigram Books Fiction Prize shortlist (State of Emergency)

Awards

Golden Point Award
2009
Work: Trondheim
Category: English fiction
Organization: National Arts Council (Singapore)
Result: winner
Singapore Literature Prize
2018
Work: State of Emergency
Category: English fiction
Organization: Singapore Book Council
Result: winner
Obie Award
2025
Work: Salesman之死
Category: Outstanding New Play
Organization: Obie Awards
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

State of Emergency

2017 Novel

Debut novel exploring leftist movements in Singapore's history.

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It Never Rains on National Day

2015 Short story collection

Collection of short stories, shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize.

Singapore society

Trondheim

2009 Short story

Award-winning short story that won the Golden Point Award.

The Last Days of Limehouse

2014 Play

Play about London's first Chinatown in Limehouse, staged as promenade performance.

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Salesman之死

2025 Play

New play that won the Obie Award for Outstanding New Play.

Bibliography

  • Trondheim (short story)
  • It Never Rains on National Day (short story collection, 2015)
  • State of Emergency (novel, 2017)
  • The Last Days of Limehouse (play, 2014)
  • Salesman之死 (play, 2025)

Translations by Author

  • Strange Beasts of China (by Yan Ge)
  • Ninth Building (by Zou Jingzhi)
  • Rouge Street (by Shuang Xuetao)
  • Cocoon (by Zhang Yueran)
  • Faraway (by Lo Yi-Chin)
  • Never Grow Up (by Jackie Chan)

Legacy

Singaporean writer, translator, and playwright based in New York City. Won the Singapore Literature Prize for his debut novel State of Emergency. Prolific translator of contemporary Chinese literature. Received the Obie Award in 2025 for Outstanding New Play.

Trivia

  • NAC withdrew the remaining creation grant due to changes in content, but he completed the novel anyway.
  • Translated Jackie Chan's memoir Never Grow Up into English.