Felix Cheong

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).[1][2]

Felix Cheong
OccupationPoet, Novelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalitySingaporean
GenreYoung adult fiction, poetry

Felix Cheong is a Singaporean author and poet.

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),[3] Broken by the Rain (ISBN 9789810480332) in 2003,[4] and Sudden in Youth: New and Selected Poems (ISBN 9789810834128) in 2009.[5]

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.[1][6]

His more recent writing such as in the Singapore Siu Dai series has included more social and political commentary.

Works
  • B-SIDES AND BACKSLIDES: 1986 -2018 (2018, Math Paper Press) ISBN 9811173044
  • Singapore Siu Dai 2: The SG Conversation Upsize! (2014, Ethos Books) ISBN 978-981-09-2549-9
  • Singapore Siu Dai: The SG Conversation In A Cup (2014, Ethos Books) ISBN 9789810788582
  • Vanishing Point (2012, Ethos Books) ISBN 9789810733865
  • Sudden in Youth: New & Selected Poems (2009, Ethos Books) ISBN 9789810834128
  • The Woman in the Last Carriage (2007, Landmark Books) ISBN 9814189111
  • The Call from the Crying House (2006, Landmark Books) ISBN 9814189057
  • Different (2005, Ethos Books) ISBN 9810537654
  • Idea to Ideal: 12 Singapore Poets on the Writing of their Poems (editor; 2004, Firstfruits) ISBN 981051686X
  • Broken by the Rain (2003, Firstfruits) ISBN 9810480334
  • I Watch the Stars Go Out (1999, Ethos Books) ISBN 9810411278
  • Temptation, and Other Poems (1998, Landmark Books) ISBN 9813065176

References
  1. "Son hired as consultant". AsiaOne. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  2. Yap, Stephanie (3 June 2007). "The woman in the last carriage". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  3. Tan, Gim Ean (29 November 2000). "Following the call of the Muse". The New Strait Times. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  4. Lee, Clarissa (20 August 2003). "Broken by the Rain: The Scums and God by Felix Cheong". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010.
  5. "We RAT on Felix Cheong!". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  6. "Past Festival Participants". Hong Kong International Literary Festival. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010.



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