Wong Phui Nam

Wong Phui Nam (September 20, 1935–) is a Malaysian economist and poet.

Born in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, the son of Chinese descendants. He was educated at the Batu Road School and the Victoria Institution. He received his college education at the University of Singapore, earning a B.A. in economics. He was involved in the student-founded literary magazine The New Cauldron and was co-editor of two poetry anthologies from the university.^[1]

Since his graduation, Wong Phui Nam has worked in banking and development financing.^[1] He is also a noted anglophone poet^[2] and several of his poetry collections have been published, beginning with How the Hills are Distant in 1968.^[3] In June 2006, his first play Anike was produced by Maya Press.^[1]

Bibliography

• Anike (2006)
• An Acre of Day's Glass: Collected Poems (2006)
• Against the Wilderness (2000)
• Ways of Exile (1993)
• Remembering Grandma and Other Poems (1989)
• How the Hills are Distant (1968)

References

1. Quayum, Mohammad A. (2007). "Peninsular muse: interviews with modern Malaysian and Singaporean poets, novelists and dramatists". Modern poetry (Peter Lang) 2: 71. ISBN 3-03911-061-6.
2. Lim, Shirley Geok-lin (January 2007). "Sparkling Glass". Quarterly Literary Review Singapore 6 (2). Retrieved 2011-02-14.
3. Patke, Rajeev S. (1998). "The Poet in Malaysia: Wong Phui Nam, Muhammad Haji Salleh". Contemporary Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature in English. Retrieved 2011-02-14.