July 20, 2022

Professor Wang Gungwu (NUS History), Chairman of the NUS East Asian Institute and University Professor, was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize on 18 July, 2022.

Home Is Where We Are, the second part of Prof Wang’s memoirs, is in the running for English creative non-fiction. The book was written with Prof Wang’s late wife Mrs Margaret Wang. By the time Prof Wang started working on it, Mrs Wang could no longer write. Nevertheless, Prof Wang read the final version of the book to her before sending it to the publisher.

The Singapore Literature Prize is organised by the Singapore Book Council. It is Singapore’s oldest ongoing literary award in all four official languages. This year’s winners will be announced at a ceremony at Victoria Theatre on August 25, and the top prize in each category comes with $3,000 and a trophy.

Read more in ‘Singapore Literature Prize: Wang Gungwu, Suratman Markasan make shortlist at 91’ (Straits Times, July 2022): https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/singapore-literature-prize-wang-gungwu-suratman-markasan-make-shortlist-at-91