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Edwin Thumboo Poet Singapore
Edwin Thumboo, Emeritus Professor of National University of Singapore, has been involved in Singapore’s literary developments since 1951. He has published five volumes of poetry including Still Travelling (2008). Studies of his work include Responsibility and Commitment: The Poetry of Edwin Thumboo (1997), Edwin Thumboo: Creating a Nation through Poetry (2008), and Essays on Edwin Thumboo (2008). Edwin Thumboo Bibliography 1952 ~ 2008 appeared in 2008. He received the NBC Singapore Book Award for Poetry in English thrice (1978, 1980, 1994), Southeast Asian Writers’ Award (1979), Singapore Cultural Medallion (1980), ASEAN Cultural and Communication Award in Literature (1987) and the Raja Rao Award (2002). As a fellow of the International Writing Programme, University of Iowa, he has given readings in various universities and international literary festivals and book fairs. He is Founding General Editor of the series, Writing Asia: The Literatures in English of which the most recent volume is a Two-part Studies in Contemporary Singaporean-Malaysian Literature.
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