Visiting Writers

Liang Wern Fook

Residency Period
11 January to 14 May 2021

One of the most influential artists in Singapore born around the time of independence, Dr Liang is a multi-talented writer, composer, and educator. He is the Language Director of Xue Er You Language Centre. Voted as the “The person who best represents the Xinyao movement” by the public and “The most favorite writer” by students. Dr Liang is the only artist who has received the Singapore Young Artist Award (Literature) and The Cultural Medallion (Music) across different genres of art. Dr Liang has over fifteen publications in various genres of creative writing, and has about three hundred songs to his name. Many of his musical works became international hit songs. He works were described as “bridging literature and music in the art scene of Singapore”.

梁文福博士

新加坡家喻户晓的写作人、音乐人、学而优语文中心语文总监。曾获选“最能代表新谣精神的人物”和“最受学生喜爱的作家”，迄今唯一跨艺术门类荣获“青年艺术奖”（文学）和“文化奖”（音乐）的艺术家。已出版各种文类著作十余种，发表歌曲近三百首，作品在华人世界广传，被誉为“文学和音乐之间的桥梁”。

Awards

  • 1992 – National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award (Literature)
  • 1992 – Most Popular Writer by Local Students (Poll organized by Lianhe Zaobao)
  • 1996 – Singapore Book Prize (Prose)
  • 2003 – Person Who Best Represents the Xinyao Spirit [Poll organized by the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass)]
  • 2010 – Cultural Medallion (Music, including Lyrics)

梁文福得过的文学奖项

  • 青年艺术奖（文学），1992。
  • 书籍理事会书籍奖（散文），1996。
  • 文化奖（音乐，包括歌词），2010。
  • 国内学生票选为最受欢迎作家（联合早报举办的投选活动） , 1992。
  • 公众票选为“最能代表新谣精神的人物”（词曲版权协会举办的投选活动）,2003。

Publications

Liang Wern Fook has published 15 literary works included poetry, proses, novels, song lyrics and etc.

Prose

  • 1988 – The Last Years of Kreta Ayer 《最后的牛车水》
  • 1994 – The Classmate 《自然同窗》
  • 2011- The Further It Is, The Clearer It Becomes《越遥远，越清晰》

Poetry

  • 1985 – Filled with Cooling Songs 《盛满凉凉的歌》
    1989 – In Fact I am in Love with Time     《其实我是在和时光恋爱》
    1996 – Addicted to Poetry    《嗜诗》

Fictions

  • 1992 – The 21 Dreams of Liang Wern Fook : In Search of A Smile From A Cat《寻找一朵小猫的微笑：梁文福的21个梦》
  • 2006 – The Happiness of A Left Hand 《左手的快乐》

梁文福共出版过的15 种书籍,包括新诗、散文、小说、歌词等各种文类。

  • 散文作品包括：《最后的牛车水》(1988) 、《自然同窗》(1994) 、《越遥远，越清晰》（2011） 。
  • 诗歌作品包括：《盛满凉凉的歌》(1985) 、《其实我是在和时光恋爱》(1989) 、《嗜诗》(1996) 。
  • 小说作品包括：《寻找一朵小猫的微笑：梁文福的21个梦》(1992) 、《左手的快乐》(2006) 。

Courses & Events

Date / Venue Programme Activities / Audience

January to May 2021

NTU Undergraduate Course

(Intermediate to Advanced)

2021年1月至5月 （南洋理工大学本科课程）

(中级至高级写作者)

[Course Completed]

Advanced Creative Writing: Chinese Prose

This is a 13-week semester-long course on Chinese prose for undergraduates at Nanyang Technological University. This course focuses on the intensive practice of Chinese prose. It exposes students to various styles of prose writing, which include lyrical prose, the short essay, diary, autobiography, travel writing, etc. Students will learn the techniques of appreciating various styles of work through the practice of writing, reading and collaborative critical response. This will help students to gain knowledge and experience in creative and critical cross-reading, which will increase participant’s interest in developing a working knowledge of prose writing.

*This course will be conducted in Mandarin.*

散文创作研讨课（梁文福）

这是一门为期十三周的散文创作研讨课程。本课特别着重进行散文创作的密集练习。学生们需要亲身创作各种散文文体。本课目的是要指导学生们书写具有创意性的散文，并且鼓励他们把作品公开发表。这门课程探讨散文创作的文体，包括抒情散文、小品文、日记、传记文学和游记等等。让学生鉴赏各种文体的散文作品，互相讨论和批评。先建立起一种具有创意性和批判性的细读经验，然后把学生们引入散文创作的实践。​

*课程会以华语授课。*

Course code: CH1/HF9701

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3 workshops
5, 12 & 26 March 2021
Confucius Institute

(Foundation to Intermediate)

2021年 3月 5，12，26日 (三堂课)
孔子学院

(初级至中级写作者)

[Course Completed]

Chinese Mini-Fiction

This workshop provides participants with the opportunity to understand and practise the different characteristics of writing Chinese language mini-fiction to enhance their writing skills.

Mini Fiction, also known as Mini Novel, is a genre of fiction which is shorter in length than Short Story yet still elaborate in its writings. Mini Fiction requires the writer to use the least number of words to express his/her idea and beliefs. The beauty of Mini Fiction lies on the fact that it aims to convince the readers to accept the story put forward by the writer within a few minutes. At the same time, the writer should also strive to enlighten and move the readers even within such a short frame of time. Writers of Mini Fiction should endeavour to write between the length of 100 words to 2,000 words.

*This workshop will be conducted in Mandarin.*

 

微型小说工作坊（梁文福）

工作坊为参与者提供机会理解与书写不同文类特征的微型小说，并借此提升参与者的创作技巧。

微型小说又称小小说或极短篇，是小说这个文类中比短篇小说还要短小精致的作品。要求以最少的文字，表达最大的内涵；使读者在几分钟之内，接受一个故事，得到一份感动和启示。微型小说的字数上限为一千五百至两千字左右，下限则为几十个字到一百字左右。

*工作坊会以华语进行。*

Course code: CH2A, 2B & 2C

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January to May 2021
Various venues
Limited spaces available. Per 1-hour session:
• $50 for adults
• $25 for students, unemployed, low income migrant
workers & undergraduates from Singapore tertiary
institutions

(Intermediate to Advanced)

2021年1月至5月（仅通过预约）

名额有限，每个报名者一对一的一小时咨询收费如下：
• 成人- $50
• 学生、待业人士与低收入人士 – $25

(中级至高级写作者)

[Course Completed]

Writer to Writer

Book a one-on-one mentoring session with award-winning writer, Liang Wern Fook, to discuss your writing project. Wern Fook will provide guidance to help your creative practice and support your writing life.

作家咨询时段（梁文福）

梁文福是位新加坡家喻户晓的写作人与音乐人。文福将通过此咨询时段提供一对一的咨询时间与您讨论您的写作计划并提供指导，以此拓展您的写作生涯。

Course code: CH5

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