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Singapore Writers Festival

Index Singapore Writers Festival

The Singapore Writers Festival is a literary event organised by the National Arts Council. [1]

21 relations: Alexis Wright, Alfian Sa'at, Andrew Motion, Bei Dao, Bi Feiyu, CNN, Cyril Wong, David Mitchell (author), F. Sionil José, Marc Smith (poet), Meira Chand, Michael Chabon, National Arts Council, Singapore, National Library Board, Neil Gaiman, Singapore Arts Festival, Steven Levitt, Suchen Christine Lim, Taichi Yamada, The Arts House, The Wall Street Journal.

Alexis Wright

Alexis Wright (born 25 November 1950) is an Indigenous Australian writer best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award for her 2006 novel CarpentariaAAP via News Limited, 22 June 2007.

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Alfian Sa'at

Alfian bin Sa'at (born 18 July 1977) is a Singaporean writer, poet and playwright.

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Andrew Motion

Sir Andrew Motion (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009.

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Bei Dao

Bei Dao (born August 2, 1949) is the pen name of an American poet Zhao Zhenkai (S: 赵振开, T: 趙振開, P: Zhào Zhènkāi).

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Bi Feiyu

Bi Feiyu (born 1964) is a Chinese writer.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Cyril Wong

Cyril Wong (born 27 June 1977) is a poet, fictionist and critic.

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David Mitchell (author)

David Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist.

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F. Sionil José

Francisco Sionil José (born 3 December 1924) is one of the most widely read Filipino writers in the English language. His novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. José's works—written in English—have been translated into 28 languages, including Korean, Indonesian, Czech, Russian, Latvian, Ukrainian and Dutch.

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Marc Smith (poet)

Marc Kelly Smith (born 1949) is an American poet and founder of the poetry slam movement, for which he received the nickname Slam Papi.

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Meira Chand

Meira Chand (born 1942) is a novelist of Swiss-Indian parentage and was born and educated in London.

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Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is an American novelist and short story writer.

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National Arts Council, Singapore

The National Arts Council of Singapore (Abbreviation: NAC; Chinese: 国家艺术理事会; Malay: Majlis Kebudayaan Kebangsaan Singapura) is a statutory board established in September 1991 to oversee the development of arts in Singapore.

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National Library Board

The National Library Board (Abbreviation: NLB;; Malay: Lembaga Perpustakaan Negara; தேசிய நூலக வாரியம்) is a statutory board of the Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore.

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer.

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Singapore Arts Festival

The Singapore Arts Festival (Chinese: 新加坡艺术节) is an annual arts festival held in Singapore.

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Steven Levitt

Steven David "Steve" Levitt (born May 29, 1967) is an American economist known for his work in the field of crime, in particular on the link between legalized abortion and crime rates.

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Suchen Christine Lim

Suchen Christine Lim (born 1948) was born in Ipoh, Federation of Malaya and had her early education at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) in Penang and Kedah.

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Taichi Yamada

is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist.

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The Arts House

The Arts House (formerly Old Parliament House) is a building in Singapore.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Writers_Festival

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