Damien Sin Explained
Birth Date: | 1965 |
Birth Place: | Singapore |
Death Date: | 2011 (aged 46) |
Death Place: | Singapore |
Damien Sin |
Other Names: | Foong Yu Lei |
Damien Sin (1965 – 2011), born Foong Yu Lei,[1] was a Singaporean author, poet and musician. He has written several bestselling books published by the Angsana Books imprint of publisher Flame Of The Forest Publishing. Sin died in 2011.[2]
Career
After failing his 'A' Levels, Sin started his career as a karaoke-jockey before he turned to writing erotic stories while he was in detention for a drug offence.[3] [4] He was a member of Russell Lee's team of ghost writers. Sin also wrote the screenplay of the critically acclaimed film, Mee Pok Man (1995), which launched director Eric Khoo's career. Its story was based on Sin's short story "One Last Cold Kiss", which appeared in Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 2 (1994). Khoo later dedicated his film In the Room (2015) to Sin.[5]
Sin was also the frontman of two bands: Fairweather Friends, whose music appeared on various Pony Canyon compilations released in Singapore in the 1990s, including Dazed and Confused,[6] and Transformer, whose other members went on to form Zircon Lounge.[7] As a solo singer-songwriter, he performed at The Substation in Singapore under the name 'The Hardcore Troubadour'.[8]
Death
Sin died of a drug overdose in 2011.[9]
Bibliography
- Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 1 (1992)
- Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 2 (1994)
- Tall Tales and Short Stories (1995)
- Saints, Sinners and Singaporeans: A Collection of Poems (1998)
- Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 3 (2000)
- Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 4 (2003)
External links
Notes and References
- News: Lui . John . 2014-10-15 . Upcoming Eric Khoo film dedicated to late horror writer Damien Sin . 2024-02-02 . The Straits Times . en . 0585-3923.
- Web site: Chang. Justin. Film Review: 'In the Room'. Variety. Variety Media, LLC. 15 November 2015.
- News: Just being myself. The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 5 November 1992.
- News: Lim. Sin Thai. The horrors of Sin. The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 22 August 1992.
- News: The men behind mee pok man. 17 September 2014. The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 7 August 1995.
- Web site: 2014-09-12 . Dazed and confused - MusicSG . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140912074630/http://music.nl.sg/album/detail.aspx?id=35 . 12 September 2014 . 2024-02-02 .
- Web site: Wee. Samuel Caleb. Punk Monk Hunk. POSKOD.SG. Studio Wong Huzir. 17 September 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160215133116/http://poskod.sg/Posts/2013/7/5/Punk-Monk-Hunk. 15 February 2016.
- Web site: The Substation Archive - Wikicliki . dbbd.sg . 2 February 2024.
- News: A journey through S'pore films. 17 September 2014. The Business Times. Singapore Press Holdings. 6 November 2015.