Alfian bin Sa'at

Born:	July 18, 1977 (age 29) Singapore
Occupation(s):	Resident playwright for W!LD RICE
Nationality:	Singaporean
Website:	http://alfian.diaryland.com

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Biography

Early life

An alumnus of Tampines Primary School, Raffles Institution, Raffles Junior College and the National University of Singapore, Alfian was the chairman of the drama societies in both RI and RJC. He also took part in the Creative Arts Programme twice - once at fifteen, and a second time at seventeen - both times under the mentorship of Haresh Sharma. He has since returned to the programme as an occasional mentor.^[1][2] During his two years at RJC, Alfian received the Kripalani Award for Outstanding Contribution to Creative Arts.^[3] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Raffles Junior College (abbr. ... University Cultural Centre The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Guólì Dàxué; Abbreviated 国大; Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் ேதசிய பல்கலைக்கலகம்) is Singapores oldest university, and remains the largest in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered. ...

Career

In 1998, Alfian published his first collection of poetry, One Fierce Hour at the age of twenty-one. The book was acclaimed as "truly a landmark for poetry [in Singapore]" by The Straits Times, and Alfian himself was described by Malaysia's New Straits Times as "one of the most acclaimed poets in his country... a prankish provocateur, libertarian hipster".^[4] 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Straits Times front page The Straits Times is an English-language broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and owned by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), first published on July 15, 1845. ... The New Straits Times is a Malaysian English-language newspaper. ...

A year later, Alfian published his first collection of short stories, Corridor, which won the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award. Seven of the short stories from the collection have since been adapted for television. In 2001, he published his second collection of poetry, 'A History of Amnesia', which was hailed by The Straits Times as "one of the most powerful collections by a Singaporean" in addition to being shortlisted for a Kiriyama Asia-Pacific Book Prize. Alfian won both the inaugural National Arts Council-Singapore Press Holdings Golden Point Award for Poetry in the same year, as well as the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award for Literature. The Singapore Literature Prize (abbreviation: SLP) is an award in Singapore to recognise outstanding published works by Singaporean authors in any of the four official languages: Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Alfian's plays, written in both English and Malay, have received broad attention in both Singapore and Malaysia. His first play was produced when he was 19, and he has had a long association as a playwright with theatre group The Necessary Stage as well as with Teater Ekamatra, a Malay theatre group known for articulating minority concerns in Chinese-majority Singapore. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay Peninsula, southern Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ...

Alfian is currently the resident playwright of theatre group W!LD RICE.^[5] W!LD RICE is a well-known theatre company in Singapore. ...

Works

Plays

English

• Fighting (1994)
• Black Boards, White Walls (1997)
• Yesterday My Classmate Died (1997)
• sex.violence.blood.gore (co-written with Chong Tze Chien) (1999)
• Asian Boys Vol. 1 (2000)
• What's The Difference? (2001)
• Don't Say I Say (2001)
• poppy dot dream (2001)
• The Corrected Poems of Minah Jambu (2001)
• The Optic Trilogy (2001)
• 7 Ten: Seven Original 10-minute Plays: Not In (2003)
• Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2 (2004)
• Tekka Voices (2004)
• Mengapa Isa? (2004)
• The Importance of Being Kaypoh (2005)
• Harmony Daze (2005)
• Confessions of 300 Unmarried Men: Blush (2006)
• Homesick (2006)

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Malay

• Deklamasi Malas (Declamation of Indolence) (1997)
• Dongeng (Myth) (1997)
• Anak Bulan di Kampung Wa' Hassan (The New Moon at Kampung Wa' Hassan) (1998)
• Madu II (Polygamy) (1998)
• Causeway (1998)
• Peti Kayu Ibuku (My Mother's Wooden Chest) (translated into Malay from Kuo Pao Kun's translation of Ng Xin Yue's original Mandarin text) (1999)
• The Miseducation of Minah Bukit (2001)
• Tapak 7 (Seven Steps) (2001)
• Selamat Malam Ibu (adapted from 'night Mother by Marsha Norman) (2003)
• Keturunan Laksmana Tak Ada Anu (adapted from Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral by Kuo Pao Kun) (2003)
• Minah & Monyet (Minah & Monkey) (2003)

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Mandarin

• Fugitives (co-written with Ng How Wee) (2002)

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Poetry

• One Fierce Hour (Landmark Books, 1998) ISBN 981-3065-18-4
• A History of Amnesia (Ethos Books, 2001) ISBN 981-04-3704-8

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Prose

English

• Corridor (SNP, 1999) ISBN 981-4032-40-9

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Malay

• Bisik: Antologi Drama Melayu Singapura (Whisper: Anthology of Malay Singaporean Drama) (Pustaka Cipta, 2003)

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Awards

• 1995 - Kripalani Award for Outstanding Contribution to Creative Arts
• 1998 - Commendation Award by the Malay Language Council for Causeway
• 1999 - Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award
• 2001 - Golden Point Award for Poetry
• 2001 - Young Artist Award for Literature
• 2005 - Life! Theatre Awards for Best Script for Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2
• 2006 - FRONT Award

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References

University Cultural Centre The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: XÄ«njiāpō Guólì Dàxué; Abbreviated 国大; Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் ேதசிய பல்கலைக்கலகம்) is Singapores oldest university, and remains the largest in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: August 25 - Aaliyah Films: August 10 - Osmosis Jones played by Chris Rock, starring Bill Murray August 24 - Bubble Boy Categories: 2001 by month ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... W!LD RICE is a well-known theatre company in Singapore. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

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