Edwin Thumboo
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Edwin Nadason Thumboo B.B.M. (born 22 November 1933) is a Singaporean poet and academic who is regarded as one of the pioneers of English literature in Singapore. Thumboo graduated in English from the University of Malaya in 1956. Although he applied for a position at the university, he was rejected as few locals held academic posts at that time. He therefore worked in the civil service for about nine years before finally joining the university, then renamed the University of Singapore, in 1966 following Singapore's independence. He received a Ph.D. from the university in 1970. Thumboo rose to the position of full professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, heading the department between 1977 and 1993. After the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang Universi
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Edwin Nadason Thumboo (né en 1933) est un poète et universitaire de Singapour. Il est l'un des pionniers de la littérature anglaise à Singapour. Thumboo étudie la langue anglaise en l'Université de Malaya en 1956, et il reçut son doctorat en 1970. Thumboo devient professeur de l'Université de Singapour au département de langue et littérature anglaise, et il était le chef du département de 1977 à 1993. De 1980 à 1991, il était le doyen de la Faculté des arts et des sciences sociales de l'université nationale de Singapour.
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Edwin Nadason Thumboo B.B.M. (born 22 November 1933) is a Singaporean poet and academic who is regarded as one of the pioneers of English literature in Singapore. Thumboo graduated in English from the University of Malaya in 1956. Although he applied for a position at the university, he was rejected as few locals held academic posts at that time. He therefore worked in the civil service for about nine years before finally joining the university, then renamed the University of Singapore, in 1966 following Singapore's independence. He received a Ph.D. from the university in 1970. Thumboo rose to the position of full professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, heading the department between 1977 and 1993. After the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University in 1980 to form the National University of Singapore (NUS), he was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from 1980 to 1991, NUS's longest-serving dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Thumboo was the first Chairman and Director of the university's Centre for the Arts from 1993 to 2005, and continues to be associated with the university as an emeritus professor, a position he has held since retiring from full-time teaching in September 1997. Thumboo's poetry is inspired by myth and history, and he is often dubbed Singapore's unofficial poet laureate because of his poems with nationalistic themes. A pioneer of local English literature, he compiled and edited some of the first anthologies of English poetry and fiction from Singapore and Malaysia. His own collections of poetry include Rib of Earth (1956), Ulysses by the Merlion (1979) and A Third Map (1993). His latest anthology Still Travelling, consisting of almost 50 poems, was published in 2008. Thumboo has won the National Book Development Council of Singapore Book Awards for Poetry three times, in 1978, 1980 and 1994. He has also received the inaugural S.E.A. Write Award (1979), the first Cultural Medallion for Literature (1979), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Cultural and Communication Award (Literature) (1987), and the Raja Rao Award (2002). He was conferred a Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star) in 1981 with an additional Bar in 1991, and the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Services Medal) in 2006. He conceived the first National Poetry Festival for Singapore in 2015.
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Edwin Nadason Thumboo (né en 1933) est un poète et universitaire de Singapour. Il est l'un des pionniers de la littérature anglaise à Singapour. Thumboo étudie la langue anglaise en l'Université de Malaya en 1956, et il reçut son doctorat en 1970. Thumboo devient professeur de l'Université de Singapour au département de langue et littérature anglaise, et il était le chef du département de 1977 à 1993. De 1980 à 1991, il était le doyen de la Faculté des arts et des sciences sociales de l'université nationale de Singapour. Il est souvent appelé le poète lauréat de Singapour officieux, car ses poèmes ont des thèmes nationalistes. Thumboo compila et édité quelques des anthologies premier de la poésie anglaise de Singapour et de Malaisie. Ses propres collections de poésie comprennent Rib of Earth (1956), Gods Can Die (1977), Ulysses by the Merlion (1979), A Third Map (1993), et Still Travelling (2008). Il a reçu pour Singapour le premier Prix des écrivains de l'Asie du Sud-Est (S.E.A. Write Award 1979) et le premier Cultural Medallion de littérature (1979), le Prix de Culture et Communication de L’Association des nations de l'Asie du Sud-Est (1987), le Prix de Raja Rao (2002), la médaille de Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (1981), et Pingat Jasa Gemilang (la Médaille de services méritoires, 2006).
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