{"product_id":"words-on-art-ayatana-pos","title":"Words on Art: Ayatana","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Poet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdwin Thumboo, one of Singapore’s pioneering literary voices, brings his incisive awareness of socio-cultural history to this volume of poetry. With a humanist’s eye, narrative spanning the domestic, the politic and the mythic form intertextual responses to the works of art hanging on the walls of the National Gallery Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the second title in the Gallery’s Words on Art series: books dedicated to examining the intersections between visual and literary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdwin Thumboo\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e Emeritus Professor and Professorial Fellow, National University of Singapore, has been involved in Singapore’s literary developments since 1951: editing, anthologising, initiating programmes (eg Creative Arts Programme with the Ministry of Education), running a poetry column in The Straits Times, teaching a degree-level creative writing course etc. He published \u003cem\u003eRib of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e (1956), \u003cem\u003eGods Can Die\u003c\/em\u003e (1977), \u003cem\u003eUlysses by the Merlion\u003c\/em\u003e (1979), \u003cem\u003eA Third Map\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eFriend \u003c\/em\u003e(2003), \u003cem\u003eStill Traveling \u003c\/em\u003e(2008), and \u003cem\u003eBring the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e (poems from out-of-print volumes; 2008). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is working on a volume of translations into Chinese, as well as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edue to appear in 2012. Studies of his work include Ee Tiang Hong,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eResponsibility and Commitment: The Poetry of Edwin Thumboo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1997) and Peter Nazareth,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdwin Thumboo: Creating a Nation through Poetry\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2008),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays on Edwin Thumboo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas contributions by Jonathan Webster (editor), Thiru Kandiah, Wong Phui Nam and Lily Tope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has edited\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeven Poets: Singapore\/Malaysia, An Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1973),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Second Tongue: An Anthology of Poetry from Malaysia and Singapore\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1979), and was General Editor for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnthology of ASEAN Literatures: The Poetry of Singapore\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(1985), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fiction of Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1990).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe received the National Book Development Council of Singapore, Book Award for Poetry in English (1978, 1980 and 1994), Southeast Asian Writers Award (1979), Singapore’s Cultural Medallion (1980), ASEAN Cultural and Communication Award in Literature (1987), the Raja Rao Award (2002), and the Meritorious Service Medal, Singapore (2006). A Fellow of the International Writing Program, University of Iowa (1977), he has given readings in various universities and international literary festivals and book fairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"National Gallery Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31985374527601,"sku":"9789811422157","price":22.02,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/EdwinThumboo_Ayatana_Cover_Front.jpg?v=1597890456","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/words-on-art-ayatana-pos","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}