Khor Ewe Pin (许友彬)

1955年生，马来西亚吉打人。大学时代修习动物学系，后进修教育硕士学位。曾任教师、编辑、课本编者、专栏作家。2006年开始创作少年长篇小说、绘图小说等，著有超过40部作品。2010年起，陆续将34部作品授权中国青岛出版社和浙江少年儿童出版社在中国出版简体中文版，并在中国完成超过1000场校园讲座活动。少年长篇小说《七天》《闪亮的时刻》《十月》《鹅卵石》《青色的围墙》被改编成电视剧。曾获马来西亚第四届乡青中篇小说奖第一名、第一届马汉儿童文学双年奖，2020年因推广儿童文学的贡献，获颁第六届南洋华文文学奖。2021年，因居家防疫，学用电脑绘图，出版第一本原创儿童绘本《呼哈！呼哈！》，完成当画家的夙愿。

Khor Ewe Pin was born in the state of Kedah, Malaysia in the year 1955. A former teacher, he obtained his first degree in Zoology (University of Malaya), after which he pursued a postgraduate Masters in Education. He has also worked as an editor (both textbooks and others) and was a feature writer too. He started writing teenage novels in 2006. He sold the publication rights of 34 titles to Qingdao Publishing Group and Zhejiang Juvenile and Children’s Publishing House in The People’s Republic of China, to publish his books in simplified Chinese since 2010. He won the first prize in the 4th Xiang Qing Novella Writing Competition, and also won the 1st Mahan Literary Award. In 2020, he won the 6th Nanyang Chinese Literature Award. In 2021, as a result of home quarantine pandemic prevention, he became acquainted with digital illustration. The publication of his first picture book Huha! Huha! serves to fulfill his long-standing wish to become an artist.

获奖记录

• 马来西亚第四届乡青中篇小说奖第一名（得奖作品：《一根头发的故事》）
• 第一届马汉儿童文学双年奖（得奖作品：《七天》）
• 《星洲日报》2008年度读者票选十大选书（文学类）（入选作品：《闪亮的时刻》）
• 《星洲日报》2008年度名家推荐十大选书（入选作品：《闪亮的时刻》）
• 2012年度大马五十佳图书（获选作品：《大风吹》）
• 2014年“读吧！新加坡”少年推介书（入选作品：《男孩与海龟》）
• 2020年第六届南洋华文文学奖获奖人

Awards

• Won the first prize in the 4th Xiang Qing Novella Writing Competition.
• Won the 1st Mahan Literary Award.
• Bright Times was selected as one of the Top 10 Readers’ Choice of the Year (Literature) and Top 10 Virtuoso Recommendation of the Year (Literature) by Sin Chew Daily in 2008.
• A Cold Wind Blows was selected as 50 Best Malaysian Titles for International Rights 2012.
• The Boy and His Sea Turtle was selected as Suggested Reads for Youth by Read! Singapore in 2014.
• Won the 6th Nanyang Chinese Literature Award in 2020.

Publications

Prose

• The Memoir of an Undergraduate《大学生手记》(1983)
• The Memoir of a Teacher《教书匠手记》(1985)
• Khor Ewe Pin: When I Was A Boy《小小的许友彬在小小的时光中》(2020)

Young Adult Novel

• Seven Days《七天》(2006)
• October《十月》(2007)
• Bright Times《闪亮的时刻》, Year 55《55年》(2008)
• Disappeared after Waking Up《消失在醒来后》, Pebbles《鹅卵石》, The Green Wall《青色的围墙》(2009)
• Little Oriole《小黄鹂鸟》, Pick You Up《把你带走》, Riverbanks《河两岸》 (2010)
• Look Again《再看一眼》(2011)
• The Backpacker《2042年：背包里的天空》, Boundless Burden《2043年：无边的枷锁》, The Blackened Halo《2044年：被抹黑的光环》(2014)
• The Silent Cry《2045年：沉寂的吼声》, Walled Freedom《2046年：自由的囹圄》 (2015)
• The Dark Lighthouse《2047年：瞎了眼的灯塔》, The Almost Perfect Ending《2047年以后：十全九美的大结局》, Granny Moon《月亮婆婆》, Gong Xi Gong Xi《新年快乐》, The Round Bay《盆子湾》(2016)
• The Unexpected Swap《2117，交换记忆》(2017)
• Reborn《5102，脱胎换骨》, The Flying Games《2333，天空游戏》, You Lied 《听说你欺骗了人类》(2018)
• Wake Up, Cynthia《醒来还能见到你吗？》, Oddity Under the Mars《你在我的宇宙里仰望火星》(2019)

Trilogy

• A Cold Wind Blows《大风吹》, The Bride’s Veil《扮新娘》(2012)
• Hopscotch《跳房子》(2013)

Illustration Novel

• The Boy and His Sea Turtle《男孩与海龟》, A Monstrous Egg《遇见大傻瓜》(2013)
• A Monstrous Egg II 《再见大傻瓜》(2014)
• I Love Proboscis Monkey 《我爱长鼻猴》(2015)
• A Special Gift《大宝的周记：给爸爸的臭屁礼物》(2019)

Film Adaptations

• Seven Days《七天》(2013)
• October《十月》(2014)
• Bright Times《闪亮的时刻》(2015)
• Pebbles《鹅卵石》(2016)
• The Green Wall《青色的围墙》(2018)

Malay Adaptations

• October《十月》(2012)
• Bright Times《闪亮的时刻》(2012)
• Seven Days《七天》(2014)

Pre-school Textbook

• Pre-school Series《学前阅读计划》系列 (2000)
• Mingming and Lili Reading Program《明明和丽丽：读故事学认字》系列 (2020)

Picture Book

• Huha! Huha!《呼哈！呼哈！》(2021)

Literary Focus

• 通过创造体现生命的存在。