Singaporean fictional work and its writers

Singapore is a cultural country where fictional writing in English did not started until independence. Short stories boomed as a literary form. After sometime the novels arrived. Goh Poh Seng is known as pioneer in novels writing. As for example If We Dream Too Long published in the year 1972 was broadly recognized as the first Singaporean novel in true sense. A Dance of Moths also was very famous.

Catherine Lim was another famous author in Singapore who was born in Penang. Her first two books consisting of short stories were responsible for her popularity. The names of the books were Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore published in 1978. The other one was Or Else, The Lightning God and Other Stories published in the year1980. The bondmaid in 1998 and Following the Wrong Gods Home in 2001 are some of her other creations. These books are also reachable to the International readers.

Rex Shelley comes from a colonial generation. He starts publishing his books in early 1990. Eurasian was his first novel. He was a successful author. The Shrimp People in the year 1991 analyzes the regional Eurasian community. This book was awarded with a National Book Prize. He won the prestigious S.E.A. Write Award in 2007.

Han May is a famous writer in Singapore carrying the pseudonym of Joan Hon. She is popularly known for her non-fiction books. Star Sapphire in 1985 was a science-fiction romance that won a High Commendation Award. The Book Development Council of Singapore gave this award in 1986. She again won the same award for her another work in the same year. The book is known as Relatively Speaking on her family and childhood memories.

Gopal Baratham was a neurosurgeon. He started as a short story writer but in later years he wrote some books that were politically charged. A Candle or the Sun and Sayang in 1991 faced some argument when they were first published.