Robert Yeo

Robert Yeo

Robert Yeo (born Robert Yeo Cheng Chuan in 1940) is a Singaporean poet, playwright and novelist.

Career

Yeo is a retired lecturer of the National Institude of Education and Nanyang Technological University. At present he is a teacher of Creative Writing at the Singapore Management University. He received the Singapore Public Service Medal in 1991 for services to drama.

He has published four poetry collections: "Coming Home Baby" (1971); "Napalm Does Not Work" (1977), "A Part of Three"(1989) and "Leaving Home, Mother" (1999) and has been included in several Anthologies, including "Five Takes" (1974).

His venture into novel writing resulted in a sole book: "The Adventures of Holden Heng" (1986) about the sexual education of its antihero.

Yeo has written six plays: "Are You There Singapore" (1974), Changi(1996); "One Year Back Home" (1980); "Second Chance" (1988); "The Eye of History" (1992) and " Your Bed is your Coffin", some of which have been staged in Singapore.

Yeo has also edited collections of short fiction, plays and textbooks.

Works

Poetry collections

* Coming Home Baby
* And Napalm Does Not Help
* A Part of Three
* Leaving Home Mother

Novels

* The Adventures of Holden Heng

Plays

* Are You There Singapore
* One Year Back Home
* Changi
* Second Chance
* The Eye of History
* Your Bed is Your Coffin

Awards

* Singapore Public Service Medal for Drama 1991

References

* [http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/bib/singlit/poetry-indiv.html Singapore Literature]


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