Ng Kim Chew
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Ng Kim Chew | |||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | 黃錦樹 | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 9, 1967 Johor, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Novelist, writer | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Taiwanese | ||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃錦樹 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄锦树 | ||||||||||||||||
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Ng Kim Chew (simplified Chinese: 黄锦树; traditional Chinese: 黃錦樹; pinyin: Huáng Jǐnshù; Jyutping: Wong4 Gam2 Syu6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Kím-chhiū; born 1967) is a Chinese-Malaysian author of short fiction and literary scholar who lives in Taiwan.
Born in Johor, Malaysia,[1] Ng migrated to Taiwan to attend National Taiwan University in 1989. After earning his doctorate from National Tsing Hua University, Ng became a professor of Chinese literature at National Chi Nan University.[2]
Career
Despite residing and publishing in Taiwan, Ng's short fiction is largely set in Southeast Asia. His stories explore language and literary history, interethnic and religious politics, indigenous and diasporic nationalism, exile, migration, and hybridity.[3] Ng's short fiction is typically highly ironic, satirical, and farcical.[4]
Ng has published several short story collections.[5] He has won numerous awards for his fiction, including the United Daily Literary Award and the China Times Literary Award.[6] In 2021, Ng was awarded the Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for his collection of short stories, Rain (雨).[7]
