Yeng Pway Ngon Singapore

Bio
Pway Ngon is a poet, novelist, playwright and critic, who has published works of poetry, prose, novels, dramas, essays and literary commentaries. His works have been translated into English, Malay and Dutch. He has won the National Book Development Council of Singapore’s Book Award for his novel A Man Like Me and received the Cultural Medallion in 2003. His novel, Turmoil, won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2004. Asiaweek magazine voted his book, Me and My Affairs, as one of the top Chinese novels of 2006. Me and My Affairs was also the winner of the 2008 Singapore Literature Prize.


What book would you like to snuggle under covers with, and why?
"I will pick Herzog, a novel by Saul Bellow. Saul Bellow is my favourite writer. What attracts me to him are his rich knowledge of humanity and a humourous and witty writing style. Herzog reflects the loneliness and weariness of contemporary intellectuals. Having read the book , I found myself going through it every now and then before sleep."

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