Felix Cheong is a
Singaporean
author and
poet.
Cheong has written two young adult fiction
books used as part of a national education campaign – ''The Call From Crying House'' () and its sequel, ''The Woman In The Last Carriage'' ().
Cheong's first collection of poetry, ''Temptation and Other Poems'' () was published in 1998 followed by a second collection in 1999, ''I Watch the Stars Go Out'' (),
''Broken by the Rain'' () in 2003, and ''Sudden in Youth: New and Selected Poems'' () in 2009.
Cheong won the National Arts Council's Young Artist of the Year for Literature Award in 2000 and the
poetry slam at the
Hong Kong International Literary Festival The Hong Kong International Literary Festival is an international literary festival held annually in Hong Kong. It was founded in 2000 by Nury Vittachi and creative writing teacher Jane Camens, with support from Malaysian poet Shirley Geok-lin Lim. ...
in 2004.
His more recent writing such as in the ''Singapore Siu Dai'' series has included more social and political commentary.
Works
*''B-SIDES AND BACKSLIDES: 1986 -2018'' (2018, Math Paper Press)
*''Singapore Siu Dai 2: The SG Conversation Upsize!'' (2014,
Ethos Books)
* ''Singapore Siu Dai: The SG Conversation In A Cup'' (2014,
Ethos Books)
* ''Vanishing Point'' (2012,
Ethos Books)
* ''Sudden in Youth: New & Selected Poems'' (2009,
Ethos Books)
* ''The Woman in the Last Carriage'' (2007, Landmark Books)
* ''The Call from the Crying House'' (2006, Landmark Books)
* ''Different'' (2005,
Ethos Books)
* ''Idea to Ideal: 12 Singapore Poets on the Writing of their Poems'' (editor; 2004, Firstfruits)
* ''Broken by the Rain'' (2003, Firstfruits)
* ''I Watch the Stars Go Out'' (1999,
Ethos Books)
* ''Temptation, and Other Poems'' (1998, Landmark Books)
References
External links
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Living people
Singaporean poets
Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
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