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Singaporean poet and academic (born 1933)
Edwin Nadason Thumboo B.B.M. and Bar, PJG (born 22 November 1933) is a Singaporean poet and academic who is regarded as one of the pioneers of English
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Official mascot of Singapore
introduced in the Winter Tour event for Mario Kart Tour in January 2023. Edwin Thumboo cemented the iconic status of the Merlion as a personification of Singapore
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which was published in the 1980s and 1990s with editors including Edwin Thumboo and Koh Buck Song, as well as in multilingual anthologies such as Rhythms:
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Indian-American English writer
award in 2000. Other recipients were Yasmine Gooneratne of Sri Lanka, Edwin Thumboo of Singapore, Harsha V. Dehejia of Canada, David Dabydeen of Guyana
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People of Singapore
Pulse, in the 1950. During the late 20th century, authors such as Edwin Thumboo, Arthur Yap, Robert Yeo, Goh Poh Seng, Lee Tzu Pheng, Chandran Nair
Singaporeans
Island country in Southeast Asia
journal Singa, published in the 1980s and 1990s with editors including Edwin Thumboo and Koh Buck Song, as well as in multilingual anthologies such as Rhythms:
Singapore
National museum in Singapore
residency published by the Gallery in the book, regarding (2018). 2018–19: Edwin Thumboo, with poems in the book, Ayatana (2020). 2021–22: Koh, Buck Song, with
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feminist awakening in the region. Her 2020 biography of Singaporean poet Edwin Thumboo, The Votive Pen, was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize
Nilanjana_Sengupta_(author)
Southeast Asian poetry and prose award
postponed until February 2012 because of the 2011 Thailand floods. Edwin Thumboo was the keynote speaker. The 2016–18 ceremonies were postponed due to
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Writer in Singapore
Human Spirit from Singapore (Ethos Books, 2011) ISBN 978-981-08-8277-8 Edwin Thumboo - Time Travelling: A Select Annotated Bibliography (With Recollections
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of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the National University of Singapore Edwin Thumboo - poet K. S. Rajah - former Supreme Court Judge Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam
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American literary award
Prize for Literature". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved August 13, 2013. Edwin McDowell (February 26, 1982). "PUBLISHING: THE OKLAHOMA 'NOBEL'". New York
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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Society for Optics Within Life Sciences D. J. Enright – British Poet Edwin Thumboo – Singaporean Poet Hassan Farhangi – Known for his work in the development
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Government school in Singapore
Bakar Mattar, Pro-Chancellor of the National University of Singapore Edwin Thumboo, first dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University
Victoria_School
Filipino writer (1924–2022)
org. Retrieved on April 22, 2008 Frankie Sionil José: A Tribute by Edwin Thumboo (editor) (Times Academic Press, Singapore, January 2005) ISBN 981-210-425-9
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Writers' Prize in 2003 for South East Asia and South Pacific region Edwin Thumboo, Singaporean writer; half Tamil T. K. Doraiswamy (Nakulan) (1921–2007)
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Officially appointed poet
Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine), Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi' (Somalia), Edwin Thumboo (Singapore) and Taras Shevchenko (Ukraine). This contrasts with other
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playwright and dramaturge. He is a North Indian Hindu Singaporean. Edwin Thumboo – English language poet and literature professor, and 1979 Cultural
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Left-Wing Student Group (1953-1971)
Kwa Boo Sun (3rd-year arts) Freshman: P. Arudsothy (1st-year arts) Edwin Thumboo (1st-year arts) Thomas Varkey (1st-year arts) The actual number of the
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British literary critic and writer (born 1940)
The Novels of Andrew Salkey, Francis Ebejer, and Ishmael Reed (1994); Edwin Thumboo: Creating a Nation Through Poetry (2008); and the long essay "Elvis
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Singaporean author (1930–2009)
simply as the Singapore Literature Prize) in 2000. According to poet Edwin Thumboo, an emeritus professor of the National University of Singapore, Shelley
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Statute of the Parliament of Singapore
government. The students included Poh Soo Kai, James Puthucheary and Edwin Thumboo. They were represented by Lee Kuan Yew and Denis Nowell Pritt, Q.C.
Sedition_Act_(Singapore)
Literary award for persons in the South Asian Diaspora
establishment would regard me in that light,” she says. Of the third recipient, Edwin Thumboo, who had previously been a juror for the award, the Pune Mirror wrote:
Raja_Rao_Award
Indian literary journal
including Omer Tarin, Baidar Bakht, Zehra Nigah, Marjorie Evasco, Edwin Thumboo, Kishwar Naheed and others. List of literary magazines "Muse India"
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Nair - Singaporean poet and retired Director and Mediator of UNESCO Edwin Thumboo Janadas Devan - Singaporean journalist M. Balakrishnan - Singaporean
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Singaporean poet
Five Takes and Anthology of Five Poets. He was close to his mentor Edwin Thumboo. He died from stomach cancer in 2006 and his wife, who survived him
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Wong – writer and geopolitical analyst, Anugerah Buku Negara winner Edwin Thumboo – poet and academician, 1979 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner Adibah
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Japanese chromatic harmonica player (born 1960)
Centre for the Arts (CFA), National University of Singapore. Professor Edwin Thumboo, the Chairman/Director of CFA then, commented that: “Mr Watani’s musicality
Yasuo_Watani
Singaporean poet (1945–2023)
Cheong) and in Journeys: An Anthology of Singapore Poetry, edited by Edwin Thumboo (1995).[citation needed] His poem "Grandfather" has been used in examination
Chandran_Nair
Writing residency for international artists in Iowa City, Iowa
(Philippines, 1973) Peter Nazareth (Uganda, 1973) Bessie Head (Botswana, 1977) Edwin Thumboo (Singapore, 1977, 1986) Eavan Boland (Ireland, 1979) Totilawati Tjitrawasita
International_Writing_Program
Singaporean writer (born 1963)
Gallery Singapore's poet-in-residence 2021-22, the Gallery's third after Edwin Thumboo and Madeleine Lee, with poems and haiga artworks from his residency
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Singaporean poet and author
his writings on love, depression and antipathy towards his family." Edwin Thumboo has praised Wong's poems for their "remarkable inwardness" and how,
Cyril_Wong
Arts festival in India
(2012); Meera Kosambi, Mitra Phukan and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (2013); Edwin Thumboo and Wendell Rodricks (2014). Samanth Subramaniam, French graphic novelist
Goa Arts and Literature Festival
Goa_Arts_and_Literature_Festival
Singaporean poet and novelist (born 1971)
several international and Singapore anthologies. Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo wrote an essay about Peninsular titled 'Time and Place: History and
Daren_Shiau
poetry in Goa Poets of Goa A word about Goan poetry, Ben Antao Poet Edwin Thumboo (Singapore), speaks in Goa Poetry Spoken With A Cause Anglophone poetry
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1999 novel by Daren Shiau
Commenting on Heartland in his essay on Shiau’s work, Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo wrote: “A personal vision. A personal response. That is what Shiau has
Heartland_(Shiau_novel)
War museum in Singapore
pre-war footage of 2nd Lieutenant Adnan Saidi drilling his troops and an Edwin Thumboo poem. The centre is connected to Kent Ridge Park via a canopy walk at
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Indian academic and writer
Asia: The Literatures in Englishes. Volume 1: From the Inside. Ed. Edwin Thumboo, Ethos Books, Singapore, 2007. "Cultural Collision in the Waterscapes
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Asian book series (1966-1996)
also published the debut titles of pioneering Singapore poets like Edwin Thumboo and Lee Tzu Pheng. In 1982, however, Charles Cher, the then General
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French literary critic and translator
Indonesians Sitor Situmorang and Ayu Utami or the Singaporean poet Edwin Thumboo; from Victor Segalen to Jean Rhys via Joseph Conrad; from Césaire and
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Singaporean composer and engineer
winds...., set to two poems (Finger of the Cape und A Boy Drowns) by Edwin Thumboo for Narrator and Orchestra 1991–1992 Prelude, Interlude and Fugato,
Tsao_Chieh
Singaporean poet
not, poetry is an expression of the poet's experiences in life. Like Edwin Thumboo, Lee is often seen as one of a generation of "nation-building" English
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Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore
glass mosaic is inspired by the works of Iskandar Jalil's ceramics and Edwin Thumboo's poetry, both Victoria School alumni. The artwork's background uses
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Malaysian economist and poet (1935–2022)
expression to the spoken word. A key early influence was Rib of Earth by Edwin Thumboo, which was written in English by a local author, pushing against a feeling
Wong_Phui_Nam
1964 novel by Gabriel Okara
Gabriel Okara". LibraryThing. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2021. Thumboo, Edwin (February 2007). "Language as power: Gabriel Okara's The Voice as a
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Singaporean writer (1927–2004)
discuss about writing poetry. Among his former protégés from the club was Edwin Thumboo, who would go on to become a prominent poet and writer in his own right
Goh_Sin_Tub
Singaporean poet and writer
short stories. "Reflecting On The Merlion : An Anthology of Poems", by Edwin Thumboo and Yeow Kai Chai (2009, Singapore : firstfruits publications), ISBN 978-981-08-4300-7
Muhammad_Jailani_Abu_Talib
Singaporean academic, civil servant and poet
original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018. Fifty on 50. Thumboo, Edwin, 1933–. Singapore: National Arts Council. 2009. ISBN 9789810846817.
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Former political party in Brunei
budaya politik (in Malay). De'Imas Printing. ISBN 978-99917-34-01-9. Thumboo, Edwin (1996). Cultures in ASEAN and the 21st Century. UniPress, Centre.
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Singaporean national honour
diplomat Mohideen MP Haja Rubin retired Supreme Court Judge 2006 Edwin Nadason Thumboo poet and academic Joscelin Yeo swimmer 2007 Lee Hsien Yang former
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Singaporean writer and musician
soul-searching". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 15 October 2023. Thumboo, Edwin (8 August 2009). "Inspired by those morning bus rides". The Straits
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Bruneian historian and writer (born 1948)
from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2024. Thumboo, Edwin (1996). Cultures in ASEAN and the 21st Century. UniPress, Centre.
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Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2017. Thumboo, Edwin (2009). Reflecting on the Merlion: An Anthology of Poems. National Arts
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Belia dan Sukan, Negara Brunei Darussalam. ISBN 978-99917-34-63-7. Thumboo, Edwin (1996). Cultures in ASEAN and the 21st Century. Unipress Corporation
History_of_Brunei
Ghanaian poet and businessman
Accra: Woeli Publishing Services. pp. 19, 134–43. ISBN 9964-978-20-0. Thumboo, Edwin, "Kwesi Brew: the poetry of statement and situation", African Literature
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Historic Tamil-language newspaper in Singapore
Straits Settlements to Singapore. Dordrecht [etc.]: Springer, 2011. p. 84 Thumboo, Edwin. The Fiction of Singapore. Singapore: Mentor Printers, n.d. p. 618 Abdul
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Barrister-at-Law, Banker and Mill-owner, Madras. Amatyasiromanti Trichinopoly Thumboo Chetty, OBE, Private Secretary to His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore.
1946 New Year Honours (Peerages and Knighthoods)
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Australian visual artist
Recombinatorial Poetry Wheel, 2018 (with Sarah Kenderdine and Edwin Nadason Thumboo), DIA-LOGOS: Ramon Llull & the Ars Combinatoria, ZKM, Karlsruhe
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Singaporean cultural award
Theatre Bani Bin Buang Music Choo Hoey David Lim Kim San Literature Edwin Nadason Thumboo Art Wee Beng Chong 1981 Dance Goh Soo Khim Theatre Joanna Wong Quee
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British royal recognitions
Barrister-at-Law, Banker and Mill-owner, Madras. Amatyasiromanti Trichinopoly Thumboo Chetty, OBE, Private Secretary to His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore.
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Feminine form of English Edwin, EDWINA means "rich friend."
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Form of Edwin
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Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Eadwine, EDWIN means "rich friend."Â
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English American
Rich in friendship, or wealthy friend. From the Old English name Eadwine, meaning rich or happy,...
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Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic ÉtaÃn, EDAIN means "face" or perhaps "against" or "opposite."
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Variant spelling of Middle English Alwin, ELWIN means "elf friend."Â
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English American
Elf-wise friend.
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American, Anglo, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Swedish
Prosperous Friend; Valued; Wealthy Friend; Blessed Friend; Rich Friend
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Variant spelling of Middle English Edwin, EDWYN means "rich friend."
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Welsh American English
White river.
Surname or Lastname
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English : from the Middle English personal name Edwine, Old English Ēadwine, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity’, ‘fortune’ + wine ‘friend’.Indian (southern states) : name in the Christian community. It is only found as a given name in India (from the English personal name), but has come to be used as a family name among South Indian Christians in the U.S.
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Variant spelling of Middle English Aldwin, ELDWIN means "old friend."
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Wise advisor.
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English : unexplained.
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English : from a personal name.
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 Medieval English form of Anglo-Saxon Eoforwin, ERWIN means "boar friend." Compare with another form of Erwin.
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Valued.
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Jamaican
Rich Friend; Prosperous Friend; Female Version of Edwin; Friend of Riches; Blessed Friend; Wealthy Friend; Valuable Friend
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English Anglo Saxon German
Wealthy friend.
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Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Valuable Friend
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Hindu, Indian
Moon
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Light of Sapphire
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Famous
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Brilliant; Shining
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Hindu, Indian
Love; Faith
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Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic CailÃn, KAYLIN means "girl."
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Indian, Rajasthani, Sikh
Victorious Warrior
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Tamil
Pinaakadharini | பீநாகாதாரீநீ
One who holds the trident of Shiva
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Australian, Polish
Tongue
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Arabic
City of the Prophet. In Medina Mohammed began his campaign to establish Islam.
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