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Ng Yi Sheng (simplified Chinese: 黄毅圣; traditional Chinese: 黄毅聖; pinyin: Huáng Yì Shèng; born 1980) is a Singaporean gay writer. [1] He has published a collection of his poems entitled last boy, which won the Singapore Literature Prize, and a documentary book on gay, lesbian and bisexual Singaporeans called SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century in 2006.
firstfruits publications was founded in 1997 by Singaporean poet and translator Enoch Ng. [1] It was founded after poet Yong Shu Hoong, a former national service platoon-mate of Ng, approached mediaexodus LLP with a manuscript of poems for editorial work.
SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century, written by Ng Yi-Sheng and edited by Jason Wee (Oogachaga counselling & support 2006, ISBN 981-05-6205-5) - the brainchild of counsellor Clarence Singam, this groundbreaking book was the first of its kind in Asia. It documents the coming-out stories of 13 GLB individuals and a mother of 2 gay sons ...
Ng Yi-Sheng: b. 1980 Singaporean Poet G [371] Milo Yiannopoulos: b. 1983 English Polemicist, political commentator, public speaker, writer G [372] Sam Yingling: b. 1980 American Politician G [373] Y-Love: b. 1978 American Hip-hop artist G [374] Jwan Yosef: b. 1984 Syrian-Swedish Painter, artist G [375] Ron Yosef: b. 1974 Israeli Rabbi, LGBT ...
Ng Yi-Sheng, writer and performance artist. Ng is the author of a collection of personally written poems, including ones with queer-theming. [15] Sean Foo, entrepreneur, filmmaker and LGBT advocate who founded Dear Straight People. Sean is also credited as the creator of Singapore's first gay web drama series, "Getaway."
In 2015, Ng Yi-Sheng of The Straits Times said the second reproduction "holds up magnificently as a classic work of Singaporean theatre" and "arguably more moving than the recent deluge of historical musicals". [8] Yane Usagi of Today reviewed that "themes are easy to follow — without being dumbed down — and the music is easy on the ear ...
A day after the winners were announced at an awards ceremony on 4 November 2014, poet-editor Grace Chia, whose poetry collection Cordelia was shortlisted but did not win in the English Poetry section, delivered a speech in absentia at the Singapore Writers Festival which accused the Prize of sexism. Chia wrote, "The fact that the prize has been ...
Hsiao Sa's family was from Nanjing and went to Taiwan where she was born. [4] She studied at the Girl's Teacher Institute and then taught primary school in Taipei. Her first collection of stories was published when she was 17. Hsiao married director Chang Yi; the couple divorced in 1986. [2]