词条 | Damien Sin |
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|birth_date = 1965 |birth_place = Singapore |death_date = 2011 (aged 46) |death_place = Singapore |alma_mater = |image = File:Damien Sin.jpg |caption = The late author Damien Sin |name = Damien Sin |other_names =Foong Yu Lei |movement = |organization = |monuments = |awards = |footnotes = }}Damien Sin (1965–2011), born Foong Yu Lei, was a Singaporean author, poet and musician. He has written several bestselling books published by the Angsana Books imprint of publisher Flame of the Forest. Sin died in 2011[1][2] After failing his 'A' Levels, Sin started his career as a karaoke-jockey before he turned to writing erotic stories while he was in detention for a drug offence.[3][4] He was a member of Russell Lee's team of ghost writers. Sin also wrote the screenplay of the critically acclaimed film, Mee Pok Man (1995), which launched director Eric Khoo's career. Its story was based on Sin's short story "One Last Cold Kiss", which appeared in Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 2 (1994). Khoo later dedicated his film In the Room (2015) to Sin.[5] Sin was also the frontman of the band, Fairweather Friends, whose music appeared on various Pony Canyon compilations released in Singapore in the 1990s, including [https://web.archive.org/web/20140912074630/http://music.nl.sg/album/detail.aspx?id=35 Dazed and Confused], and Transformer, whose members went on to form Zircon Lounge.[6] As a solo singer-songwriter he has performed at The Substation in Singapore under the name 'The Hardcore Troubadour'.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} Sin died of a drug overdose in 2011. He was 46.[7] Books
References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Lui|first1=John|title=Upcoming Eric Khoo film dedicated to late horror writer Damien Sin|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/movies/story/upcoming-eric-khoo-film-dedicated-late-horror-writer-damien-sin-20141015|accessdate=15 October 2014|agency=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|date=15 October 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|last1=Chang|first1=Justin|title=Film Review: 'In the Room'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/film-review-in-the-room-1201604507/|website=Variety|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|accessdate=15 November 2015}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Just being myself|agency=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|date=5 November 1992}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Lim|first1=Sin Thai|title=The horrors of Sin|agency=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|date=22 August 1992}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=The men behind mee pok man|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/movies/story/upcoming-eric-khoo-film-dedicated-late-horror-writer-damien-sin-20141015|accessdate=17 September 2014|agency=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|date=7 August 1995}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Wee|first1=Samuel Caleb|title=Punk Monk Hunk|url=http://poskod.sg/Posts/2013/7/5/Punk-Monk-Hunk|website=POSKOD.SG|publisher=Studio Wong Huzir|accessdate=17 September 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215133116/http://poskod.sg/Posts/2013/7/5/Punk-Monk-Hunk|archivedate=15 February 2016|df=}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=A journey through S'pore films|url=http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/a-journey-through-spore-films-0|accessdate=17 September 2014|agency=The Business Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|date=6 November 2015}} External links
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