Candace Chong Mui Ngam
Chinese playwright from Hong Kong
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Candace Chong Mui Ngam (Chinese: 莊梅岩; Jyutping: zong1 mui4 ngaam4) is a Chinese playwright from Hong Kong who has written scripts for play such as The French Kiss (2005), Murder in San José (2009) and The Wild Boar (2012). She has won the Hong Kong Drama Award seven times in the category of Best Script and in 2010 was given the title best drama artist by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.[1]
Candace Chong Mui Ngam | |
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| Born | September 9, 1976 |
| Occupation | Playwright |
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| Traditional Chinese | 莊梅岩 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 庄梅岩 | ||||||||||
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Life and career
Chong was born in China in 1976. Her parents fled two years later to Hong Kong, taking her with them.[2] Chong attended St. Paul's Co-educational College before deciding to study psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After graduating in 1999 she majored in play-writing at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and then traveled to London to complete her master's degree at Royal Holloway, University of London.[1]
After completing her formal education, Chong joined the Chung Ying Theatre Company where she wrote her award-winning plays[3] Alive in the Mortuary (2003), Shall We Go to Mars? (2005), French Kiss (2005), Murder in San José (2009) and The Wild Boar (2012).[4] In 2011 she worked with American composer Huang Ruo to write a libretto for an opera about Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The completed work premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and later was adapted worldwide after it was well received.[5]