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Singaporean Novelist
Winner
of the
inaugural
Singapore
Literature
Prize
Interview Archived (special)
Interview Blogged
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One
of Singapore's most talented and distinguished writers, Suchen
Christine Lim won the inaugural Singapore Literature prize in 1992 with
her third novel, Fistful Of Colours. Her most ambitious and complex fourth novel to date, A Bit Of Earth, was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2004.
She had started writing only in her 30s. Her first story, The Valley of Golden Showers,
written for children, won a prize in 1980 in a national writing
competition organised by the National Book Council and the Ministry of
Education.
In 1984, she surprised Singaporeans with her first novel, Ricebowl,
an indictment of Singapore's political scene in the 1960s and 70s. This
was followed in 1986 by a co-authored play which was awarded Merit
Prize in the National University of Singapore- Shell Short Play
Competition. In 1990, her second novel, Gift From The Gods was published.
Suchen
has also written 11 children’s books for schools, several short stories
published in Singapore and international journals and anthologies, and
a non-fiction work, Stories Of The Chinese Overseas, published in 2005.
Her latest work is a collection of short stories, The Lies That Build A Marriage: Stories of the Unsaid, Unsung & Uncelebrated in Singapore. This book was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2008.
Taking the writer's journey...
Brief Bio:
Born in Malaysia in 1948, grew up on both sides of the causeway
that separates Malaysia from Singapore. Came to Singapore at age 14,
studied in the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus schools, and the
National University of Singapore. Taught in a junior college and worked
as a curriculum specialist in the Ministry of Education. Resigned in
2003 to write full time.
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