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The Writer
Born
on 21st March 1942 in Penang, Malaysia, Catherine Lim is a well-known
Singaporean writer with over 20 works to her name. Prominent themes present in some of her works are that of traditional
Chinese culture and the clash between tradition and modernity.
Many
of these works have gained her international acclaim, with some accolades she
has received including an Honorary
Doctorate in Literature from Murdoch University, the Southeast Asia Write Award,
as well as the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministry for
Culture and Communications of France for her contributions to literature.
Lim
continues to write both fiction and social and political commentary today.
Her Works:
Novels:
· The
Serpent's Tooth, Times Books International, Singapore, 1982
· The
Bondmaid, self-published, 1995 (Orion 1997; foreign edns 1997, 1998)
· The
Teardrop Story Woman, Orion, London, 1998
· Following
the Wrong God Home, Allen & Unwin, London, 2001
· Leap
of Love, Horizon Books, Singapore, 2003 (a novella)
· The
Song of Silver Frond, Orion, London, 2003
· Miss
Seetoh and the World, Marshall Cavendish, 2010
Short
Story Collections:
· Little
Ironies: Stories of Singapore, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1978
· Or
Else, the Lightning God and Other Stories, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1980
· They
Do Return...But Gently Lead Them Back, Times Books International,
Singapore, 1983
· The
Shadow of a Shadow of a Dream: Love Stories of Singapore, Times Books
International, Singapore, 1987
· O
Singapore! Stories in Celebration, Times Books International, Singapore,
1988
· Deadline
for Love and Other Stories, Heinemann Asia, 1992
· Meet
Me on the Queen Elizabeth 2!, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1993
· The
Best of Catherine Lim, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1993
· The
Woman's Book of Superlatives, Times Books International, 1993
· The
Howling Silence: tales of the dead and their return, Horizon Books,
Singapore 1999
Poetry
· Love's
Lonely Impulses, Heinemann Asia, Singapore, 1992
· Humoresque,
Horizon Books, Singapore, 2006
Non-fiction
· Unhurried
Thoughts At My Funeral, Horizon Books, Singapore, 2005
· A
Watershed Election: Singapore's GE 2011, Marshall Cavendish, Singapore, 2011
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