Wong Yoon Wah

Wong Yoon Wah (b. 13 August 1941, Perak, Malaysia–) is one of the few Singaporeans who excel as an international poet, critic and scholar. Born in Malaysia in 1941, Wong studied English literature at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University, before pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chinese literature at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, USA. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, he came to Singapore in 1973 to teach at Nanyang University, and later became the head of the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Prolific in both creative and academic writing, Wong has published more than 20 collections of prose, poetry, and academic writings on Chinese and comparative literature in Chinese and English. For his commitment to promoting literature regionally, Wong was awarded the Southeast Asia Write Award (1984), the Cultural Medallion (1986), and the ASEAN Cultural Award (1993).

The above introduction is adapted from the Infopedia entry on Wong Yoon Wah. This resource guide was prepared in November 2021 by Michelle Heng, a Librarian at the National Library, Singapore.

Books

• 王润华 [Wong Yoon Wah]. (1970). 高潮 [High Tide]. 台北: 星座诗社. (Call no.: RSEA C811.5 WJH)

• 王润华 [Wong Yoon Wah]. (1970). A Chinese View of Style : The Theoretical Bases of Style in the Shih-pin. Singapore: Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Nanyang University. (Call no.: RCLOS q895.113 WON)

• 王润华 [Wong Yoon Wah]. (1976). Ssu-Kʻung Tʻu: A Poet-critic of the Tʻang Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong. (Call no.: RUR 895.113 SSU.W)

• 王润华 [Wong Yoon Wah]. (1978). An Annotated Guide to Leading English Language Periodicals on China: A Selective List for the Students of Chinese Language and Literature Singapore: Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Nanyang University. Available via PublicationSG.

• 王叔岷, 吴德耀, 王润华编选 [Wang Shu Min, Wu Teh Yao, Wong Yoon Wah (Eds.)]. (1979). 道德教育文选：勤劳篇[Selected Writings on Moral Education: the Hardworking Tradition]. Singapore: EPB Publishers. (Call no.: RSING 370.114 SEL)

• 黄孟文, 王润华编 [Wong Meng Voon, Wong Yoon Wah (Eds.)] (1983). 新华文学作品选 [An Anthology of Singapore Chinese Literature]. Singapore : Singapore Association of Writers. (Call no.: RSING C810.08 ANT)

• 王润华 [Wong Yoon Wah] (1988). Essays on Chinese Literature: A Comparative Approach. Singapore: Singapore University Press. (Call no.: RSING 895.109 WON)

• 王润华, 白豪士主编 [Wong Yoon Wah, Horst Pastoors (Eds.)] (1989). Chinese Literature in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Goethe-Institut Singapore, Singapore Association of Writers. (Call no.: RSING 895.15209000959 CHI)

• [General Ed.] Edwin Thumboo. [Eds, Wong Yoon Wah, et al.] (1993). The Fiction of Singapore. Singapore : ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information. (Call no.: S823.008 FIC)

• 王润华 [Wong Yoon Wah]. (2000). 从反殖民到殖民者：鲁迅与新马后殖民文学 [Lu Xun in Singapore and Malaysia: From Anti-colonization to Colonization]. Singapore: Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore. (Call no.: RSING C810.09595 WYW)

• Wong, Yoon Wah, translated by Ho, Lian Geok and Ng, Yi-Sheng. (2012). The New Village: Chinese Poems. Singapore: Ethos Books (Call no.: RSING 895.1152 WON)

• Wong, Yoon Wah, translated Tiang, Jeremy. (2013). Durians are not the only Fruit: Notes from the Tropics. Singapore : Epigram Books (Call no.: RSING S824 WON)

• Wong, Yoon Wah, Kho, Tong Guan, Chong, Yi Hui (Eds.). (2019). 从婆罗洲到世界华文文学：李永平的文学行旅 [From Borneo to the World Chinese Literature: The Literary Journey of Li Yongping]. Johor: Nan fang da xue chu ban she. (Call no.: RSING C813.4004 FRO)

Websites

• Wong Yoon Wah. The Esplanade Co Ltd. (2018). Retrieved 2021, November 10 from Esplanade Theatres on the Bay website:

Audio-visual

• 王润华词，李德华曲 - 根 (2010). 花葩山：新加坡歌曲创作 [Songs by Singapore Composers]. 新加坡: 教育出版社私营有限公司/ Xinjiapo : Jiao yu chu ban she si ying you xian gong si (Call No.: RAV 782.42095957 SON)