Felix Cheong
Felix Cheong is a Singaporean author and poet.
Felix Cheong | |
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| Occupation | Poet, Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Genre | Young adult fiction, poetry |
Cheong has written two young adult fiction books used as part of a national education campaign – The Call From Crying House (ISBN 9789814189057) and its sequel, The Woman In The Last Carriage (ISBN 9789814189118).
Cheong's first collection of poetry, Temptation and Other Poems (ISBN 9789813065178) was published in 1998 followed by a second collection in 1999, I Watch the Stars Go Out (ISBN 9789810411275), Broken by the Rain (ISBN 9789810480332) in 2003, and Sudden in Youth: New and Selected Poems (ISBN 9789810834128) in 2009.
Cheong won the National Arts Council's Young Artist of the Year for Literature Award in 2000 and the poetry slam at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in 2004.
His more recent writing such as in the Singapore Siu Dai series has included more social and political commentary.