Singapore

Literature
 Singapore
Singapore is a sovereign island city-state in maritime
Southeast Asia

Singaporeans has four main languages:

English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil.

Singaporean Writers such as Tan Swie Han and Kuo

Pao Kun have contributed work more than one
language.
 Poetry in the Poetry in In 1995 people
late 1980s and English in the are now actively
early 1990s late 1990s in in writing and
have succeed Singapore has publishing.
including found a new Poetry in this
Leong Liew momentum new generation
Geok, Simpn with a whole are more aware
Tay, Koh Buck generation of politically,
Song, Heng poets born transnational,
Siok Tian and around or after. and
Ho Poh Fun. cosmopolitan.
Some poets
often dealing
with intimate
issues. Such as
sexuality.
 In 1965, Singapore are now
independent. and a new wave
of Singapore writing arise and it
was led by Edwin Thumboo,
Arthur Yap, Robert Yeo, Goh Poh
Seng, Lee Tzu Pheng, and
Chandran Nair.

Robert Yuo an Author

Goh Poh Seng of 6 days, and in Kuo
found expression Pao Kun are also
in Drama in wrote in Chinese. The
English and he was Late Kuo was a vital
also a notable force of the local
theatre renaissance in
poet and novelist. the 1980s and 1990s.
 The Fiction in
writing in English
did not start until
the Independence Examples of Goh
of Singapore. The Poh Seng works
stories are are: If We Dream
flourished as a Too Long (1912) A This works are
Literary Form and Dance of Moths widely
the Novel arrived (1995) recognized as the
much later in first true
Singapore. Singaporean
novel.
EXAMPLE OF SINGAPORE LITERATURE

The Taximan's Story by Catherine Lim

The Taximan's Story is a dialogue between the taximan and his

passenger which he calls 'Madam'. However, throughout the story,
only his responses and narrations can be read. He talks about his
life and how he earns by driving tourists and social escorts around.
He also shares his dislike of their generation's youngsters for their
immaturity through being social escorts. As the story progresses, it
turns out that his daughter, Lay Choo, whom he is very proud of,
was one and he was very angry and ashamed. He narrated how he
beat her and locked her home and advises his passenger to be
aware of her own daughter's whereabouts.
MIKA ELLA MISHI BLANCO
IAREL ZHAIMAE ESTRADA
RENZ KEN FLORES
RAIN ANGEL FLORO
RYNA DEA SANTIAGO