Felix Cheong Explained

Felix Cheong
Occupation:	Poet, Novelist
Language:	English
Nationality:	Singaporean
Genre:	Young adult fiction, poetry

Felix Cheong is a Singaporean author and poet.

Cheong has written two young adult fiction books used as part of a national education campaign  - The Call From Crying House and its sequel, The Woman In The Last Carriage .^{[1] [2]}

Cheong's first collection of poetry, Temptation and Other Poems was published in 1998 followed by a second collection in 1999, I Watch the Stars Go Out,^[3] Broken by the Rain in 2003,^[4] and Sudden in Youth: New and Selected Poems 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.^[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)
• Singapore Siu Dai 2: The SG Conversation Upsize! (2014, Ethos Books)
• Singapore Siu Dai: The SG Conversation In A Cup (2014, Ethos Books)
• Vanishing Point (2012, Ethos Books)
• Sudden in Youth: New & Selected Poems (2009, Ethos Books)
• The Woman in the Last Carriage (2007, Landmark Books)
• The Call from the Crying House (2006, Landmark Books)
• Different (2005, Ethos Books)
• Idea to Ideal: 12 Singapore Poets on the Writing of their Poems (editor; 2004, Firstfruits)
• Broken by the Rain (2003, Firstfruits)
• I Watch the Stars Go Out (1999, Ethos Books)
• Temptation, and Other Poems (1998, Landmark Books)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Son hired as consultant. 4 May 2010. AsiaOne. 24 November 2010. 7 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100507102315/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100503-213907.html. dead.
2. Web site: The woman in the last carriage. https://archive.today/20120720070735/http://www.asiaone.com/Wine%252CDine%2B%2526%2BUnwind/Unwind/Books/Story/A1Story20070625-16247.html. dead. 20 July 2012. Yap. Stephanie. 3 June 2007. AsiaOne. 24 November 2010.
3. News: Following the call of the Muse. Tan. Gim Ean. 29 November 2000. The New Straits Times. 24 November 2010.
4. Web site: Broken by the Rain: The Scums and God by Felix Cheong . Lee . Clarissa . 20 August 2003 . PopMatters . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021213637/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/broken-by-the-rain . 21 October 2012 . dead .
5. Web site: We RAT on Felix Cheong!. TODAYonline. 2016-04-12.
6. Web site: Past Festival Participants . Hong Kong International Literary Festival . https://web.archive.org/web/20101210093906/http://www.festival.org.hk/festival-archive/past-festival-participants/ . 10 December 2010 . dead .