S.E.A. Write Award (Southeast Asian Writers Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1981) Winner
Wong Meng Voon
こう・もうぶん
Huáng Mèngwén
Pen Names:
Meng Yi（pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-07-27 （Perak, Malaysia）
- Nationality
- Singapore
- Languages
- Chinese
- Residence History
- Perak, Malaysia → Pahang, Malaysia → Penang, Malaysia → Singapore → United States
Career
- Occupations
- writer, teacher, editor
- Active Years
- 1956-2000
- Affiliations
- Singapore Association of Writers
- Memberships
- Singapore Association of Writers (co-founder, president, honorary president), Asian Chinese Writers Association (vice-president), World Chinese Writers Association (president), World Chinese Mini Fiction Research Association (charter president)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han Chiang High School | — | — | — | — | Malaysia |
| Nanyang University | Faculty of Arts | Chinese Literature | 文学士 | 1958-1961 | Singapore |
| University of Washington | — | Chinese Literature | 博士（文学） | — | United States |
Han Chiang High School
Country:
Malaysia
Attended secondary school
Nanyang University
Faculty of Arts
/ Chinese Literature
Degree:
文学士
Period:
1958-1961
Year of Graduation:
1961
Country:
Singapore
BA in Chinese Literature; honours 1966, MA 1968
University of Washington
Chinese Literature
Degree:
博士（文学）
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United States
PhD
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Cultural Medallion | — | — | National Arts Council, Singapore | 受賞 |
| 1981 | S.E.A. Write Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Whole-Life Accomplishment on World Chinese Mini-Fiction Award | — | — | World Chinese Mini-fiction Research Association | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Life-long Achievement Award for Micro-novels | — | — | Zhengzhou Micro-novels Festival | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Contribution Award | — | — | World Conference on Chinese Micro-novels | 受賞 |
Cultural Medallion
1981
Organization:
National Arts Council, Singapore
Result:
受賞
S.E.A. Write Award
1981
Result:
受賞
Whole-Life Accomplishment on World Chinese Mini-Fiction Award
2008
Organization:
World Chinese Mini-fiction Research Association
Result:
受賞
Life-long Achievement Award for Micro-novels
2011
Organization:
Zhengzhou Micro-novels Festival
Result:
受賞
Contribution Award
2018
Organization:
World Conference on Chinese Micro-novels
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
When I Met Huilan Again
1969 short story collectionI Want to Live
1970 short story collectionGlimpses of the Past
1981 short story collectionThe Happy Nest
1991 novelThe Sun Brushes Against Me
1993 prose and short story collectionFrom Summertime to Wintertime at Water Curtain Cave Secondary School
1993 short story and micro-novel collectionOh! Eastern City
1997 prose and short story collectionA Preliminary Study of the History of Singapore Chinese Literature
2002 literary history studyLegacy
Pioneer of Singapore Chinese literature. First Chinese-language writer to receive the Cultural Medallion. Internationally recognized in micro-fiction.