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Stella Kon

ステラ・コン

Suterā Kon

別名: Lim Sing Po

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1944 (Edinburgh, Scotland)
国籍
Singaporean
言語
English
居住地歴
Emerald Hill, Singapore → Malaysia → Britain → Singapore (returned 1987)

経歴

職業
Playwright
活動期間
1962年〜2024年

学歴

Raffles Girls' School
Secondary education
国: Singapore
University of Singapore (National University of Singapore)
Philosophy
学位: 哲学の学位
国: Singapore

受賞歴

SEA Write Award
2008
主催: S.E.A. Write Award organizers
結果: 受賞
Singapore Literature Prize
部門: Merit Award
結果: Merit Award
Singapore National Playwriting Competition
1977
対象作品: The Bridge
結果: 受賞
Singapore National Playwriting Competition
1982
対象作品: The Trial
結果: 受賞
Singapore National Playwriting Competition
1983
対象作品: Emily of Emerald Hill
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Emily of Emerald Hill

1983年 Melodrama

A one-woman melodrama following the life of a Peranakan woman married at 14 into an unknown family to a man twice her age. Inspired primarily by the author's grandmother and extended family stories.

Peranakan cultureFamilySingaporean Chinese family life
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage] Emily of Emerald Hill / Chin San Sooi (1984)

作風・主題

文体
Colorful and smartly writtenRich with details of everyday life
頻出モチーフ
Peranakan cultureFamily stories

評価・遺産

Renowned Singaporean playwright best known for Emily of Emerald Hill, staged internationally. Recipient of SEA Write Award and inducted into Singapore Women's Hall of Fame.

豆知識

  • Related to Lim Boon Keng (paternal great-grandfather) and Tan Tock Seng (maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather).
  • Mother was actress Kheng Lim (Rosie Seow).