Singathology 50 New Works by Celebrated Singaporean Writers

Singathology:50 New Works by Celebrated Singaporean Writersis a stunning collection of original Singapore literature. The first of its kind,this two-volume anthology comprises 50 specially commissioned new works frompast winners of the prestigious Cultural Medallion or Young Artist Award.Conceived as a celebration of Singaporeliterature to launch on the year of the nation’s jubilee, this anthologyillustrates the richness and diversity of the island nation’s creative spirit.Traversing generations and genres, readerswill encounter poetry, prose, comics and plays. Pieces written in mother tonguelanguages of Chinese, Tamil and Malay will be included in their original form,but will be accompanied by their English translations. These translations willensure that, uniquely, many important literary voices will be heard in Englishfor the first time.Edited by the literary expert, Dr Gwee LiSui, Singathology is one of the mostwide-ranging and important collections of Singapore literature ever published.