| 词条 | You Jin |
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Tham Yew Chin (born 1950), known by her pseudonym You Jin (尤今), is a Singaporean writer. She received the Cultural Medallion Award in 2009 for her contributions to Singapore's literary arts scene. Early life and familyTham was born 1950 in Ipoh, British Malaya. Her family relocated to Singapore when she was eight years old. Moving to Singapore, she suffered from a language barrier as she only spoke Cantonese. Her father was a construction worker, and her paternal grandfather was an immigrant from then-poverty-torn China.[1] CareerTham has published close to 160 literary works under the pseudonym of You Jin.[2] In 2009, she received the Cultural Medallion for literary arts.[3] Tham contributed an essay titled A Fish in Water for former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew's 2012 book, My Lifelong Challenge: Singapore's Bilingual Journey.[1] In 2012, Tham's writing was translated into English for the first time. Her 2004 collection of short stories, 《听, 青春在哭泣 : 短篇小说》, was translated by Sylvia Li-chun Lin and published by Epigram Books as Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops as part of its Cultural Medallion series.[4] In 2014, three of Tham's books, Jinse Daishu《金色袋鼠》, Release Your Happiness 《释放快乐》and Even The Heart Soars 《心也飞翔》, entered the Singapore Literature Prize shortlist for Chinese fiction and non-fiction.[5] Eventually, Even The Heart Soars 《心也飞翔》won a merit award for Chinese non-fiction.[6] Awards
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References1. ^1 {{cite book|pages=349–352 |title=My Lifelong Challenge: Singapore's Bilingual Journey |last=Lee |first=Kuan Yew |isbn=9789814342032 |publisher=Straits Times Press |year=2012 }} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.epigrambooks.sg/?p=5272 |title=Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops |publisher=Epigram Books |accessdate=August 10, 2013 }} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Editions Didier Millet|title=Singapore at Random|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhVXH9N1GcgC&pg=PA141|year=2011|publisher=Editions Didier Millet|isbn=978-981-4260-37-4|pages=141–}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.epigrambooks.sg/?p=5272 |title=Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops |publisher=Epigram Books |accessdate=January 29, 2014 }} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Singapore Literature Prize 2014 Shortlist|url=http://bookcouncil.sg/awards/detail/singapore-literature-prize|website=The Book Council|accessdate=7 October 2014}} 6. ^{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Mayo|title=S’pore Literature Prize 2014 winners announced|url=http://www.todayonline.com/blogs/forartssake/spore-literature-prize-2014-winners-announced|accessdate=29 January 2015|agency=TODAY|publisher=MediaCorp|date=4 November 2014}} 6 : 1950 births|Singaporean writers|Living people|Recipients of the Cultural Medallion for literature|Singaporean people of Cantonese descent|Malaysian emigrants to Singapore |
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