The literature of Singapore comprises a collection of literary works by Singaporeans. It is written chiefly in the country's four official languages: English...
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Singaporeans are the citizens and nationals of the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is home to a people of a variety of ethno-racial-religious...
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Singaporean literature declares eating a national pastime and food a national obsession. Food is a frequent topic of conversation among Singaporeans....
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ISBN 981-00-3557-8), the only true "coming-out novel" written from a Singaporean point of view so far. Describes a young athlete and national serviceman's...
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Singaporean Mandarin (simplified Chinese: 新加坡华语; traditional Chinese: 新加坡華語; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Huáyǔ) is a variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken natively...
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Laotian literature Malaysian literature Philippine literature Singaporean literature Thai literature South Asian literature Assamese literature Bangladeshi...
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Culture of Singapore (redirect from Singaporean Culture)
music culture that ranges from rock and pop to folk and classical. Singaporean literature, also called "SingLit", is influenced by the multiracial nature...
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list of literature pages categorized by country, language, or cultural group. Sometimes these literatures will be called national literatures because...
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List of literary awards (redirect from List of literature awards)
in Literature – since 1901 Hugo Award - since 1953 Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings – since 1966 Neustadt International Prize for Literature – since...
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Chinese Singaporeans (traditional Chinese: 新加坡華人/華裔新加坡人; simplified Chinese: 新加坡华人/华裔新加坡人; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Huárén / Huáyì Xīnjiāpōrén) are Singaporeans of...
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Escape from Paradise (category Singaporean literature)
Escape from Paradise: From Third World to First is a 2001 non-fiction book written by John Harding and May Chu Harding set in Singapore, Brunei, Australia...
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Sing to the Dawn (category Singaporean literature)
Sing to the Dawn was adapted into a critically acclaimed musical by Singaporean composer Dick Lee in 1996 and was directed by Steven Dexter. The musical...
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Philippine literature Singaporean literature Thai literature Timoran literature Vietnamese literature Central Asian literature Kazakh literature Kyrgyz literature...
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Singapore: The Encyclopedia (category Singaporean literature)
Singapore: The Encyclopedia is a 640-page encyclopedia about Singapore, covering its history, geography, arts and politics. It is jointly produced by the...
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Languages of Singapore (redirect from Singaporean Language)
and Tamil, with the lingua franca between Singaporeans being English, the de facto main language. Singaporeans often speak Singlish among themselves, an...
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The Lover's Inventory (category Singaporean literature)
The Lover's Inventory is a poetry collection by the Singaporean poet Cyril Wong inventorying objects, places, sensations, and other memorabilia that serve...
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Voices, Mirrored Images and Stereotypic Posturing in Malaysian-Singaporean Literatures. Allahabad: Cyberwit.net, 2008, pp. 196–218. ISBN 978-81-8253-120-8...
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Wena Poon (category Singaporean literature)
21 May 2005. "Wena Poon". SSA1207FC: Nationality, Identity and Singaporean Literature. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2018. "Singapore Showcases...
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Gwee Li Sui (category Singaporean poets)
seminal volumes on Singaporean and Malaysian literature in English Sharing Borders: Studies in Contemporary Singaporean-Malaysian Literature, published in...
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Indian Singaporeans are Singaporeans of Indian or of general South Asian ancestry. They constitute approximately 9.0% of the country's residents, making...
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Alfian Sa'at (category Singaporean people of Javanese descent)
translated Malay-language novels by Malay Singaporean writers to English. Alfian has received a number of national literature awards, such as the 2001 Young Artist...
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Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light (category Singaporean literature)
Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light is a poetry collection by the Singaporean poet Cyril Wong about "two lovers who are in the process of losing each...
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Empat perkataan (category Singaporean literature)
English. The term is derived from the Malay words for 'four' and 'words'. Singaporean poets including Alvin Pang have been reviving the form for its elegance...
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Unmarked Treasure (category Singaporean literature)
Unmarked Treasure is a poetry collection by the Singaporean poet Cyril Wong, held together by memories about family life and intimate relationships, charged...
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Singapore English (redirect from Singaporean English)
spoken in two main forms: Singaporean Standard English, which is indistinguishable grammatically from British English, and Singaporean Colloquial English, which...
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Teo Poh Leng (category Singaporean literature)
Retrieved 2018-12-01. "Global Modernism in Colonial Malayan and Singaporean Literature: The Poetry and Prose of Teo Poh Leng and Sinnathamby Rajaratnam"...
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Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (category Singaporean literature)
(QLRS) is a Singapore online literary journal founded and edited by Singaporean poet Toh Hsien Min in 2001. The first issue of QLRS appeared in October...
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Malay Singaporeans (Malay: Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from ethnicities of the Malay world, including those who are...
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a model, she gained recognition for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and for the anthropic philosophy conveyed in her works. Her...
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