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Yeng Pway Ngon

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January 26, 1947

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Yeng Pway Ngon 英培安—Chinese language poet, novelist, playwright and critic—is one of Singapore's most prolific authors, having published over 25 volumes of poetry, essays, fiction, plays and literary criticism. His work is noted for its examination of the modern human condition, and has been translated into English, Malay and Dutch. Yeng received the National Book Development Council of Singapore's Book Award in 1988, and the Singapore Literature Prize in 2004, 2008 and 2012. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 2003 for his contributions to literature in Singapore, and the SEA Write Award in 2013. ...more

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	Unrest by Yeng Pway Ngon, Jeremy Tiang (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Art Studio by Yeng Pway Ngon, Goh Beng Choo (Translator), Guan Liang Loh (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trivialities About Me and Myself by Yeng Pway Ngon, Howard Goldblatt (Translator) 3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lonely Face by Yeng Pway Ngon, Natascha Bruce (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Non-Existent Lover and Other Stories 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems 1 [Rebellion] by Yeng Pway Ngon, Alvin Pang (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Goh Beng Choo (Translator) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	不存在的情人 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems 4 [Resurgence] by Yeng Pway Ngon, Judith Huang (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Goh Beng Choo (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Poems 5 [Other Thoughts] by Yeng Pway Ngon, Judith Huang (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Goh Beng Choo (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Time will solve all the problems Chinese school graduates face. In our bilingual society, there are no more Chinese school graduates, only English school graduates who can speak Mandarin. These English school graduates probably can also read and write Chinese, but they did not go to a Chinese school, and they act and think differently from us. Drawing a line between us, they would never say they graduated from a Chinese school, because former Chinese school graduates, that is, the vanishing group of people that includes us, are second-class citizens. They, on the other hand, belong to the first class, the Chinese elite, English school graduates who are fluent in Chinese.”
― Yeng Pway Ngon, Trivialities About Me and Myself

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“I stored up my old grudges like family heirlooms. Was this too petty? Let me tell you, hatred and resentment are built up like this, fragment by fragment. As soon as a crack appears, it all comes surging out and sweeps you up in the flood.”
― Yeng Pway Ngon, Unrest

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“The one who wishes to possess is inevitably controlled by the object of desire. He fears losing you. But a person isn't an object. You can only love a person, not own her.”
― Yeng Pway Ngon, Unrest

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