Cyril Wong (born 1977) is the author of seven published collections of poetry and one collection of prose.
Born in 1977, Cyril Wong attended Saint Patrick's School, Singapore and Temasek Junior College, before pursuing a doctoral degree in English literature from the National University of Singapore. His poems have appeared in journals around the world, including Atlanta Review, Fulcrum, Poetry International, Cimarron Review, Wascana Review, Dims...
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Cyril Wong (born 1977) is the author of seven published collections of poetry and one collection of prose.
Born in 1977, Cyril Wong attended Saint Patrick's School, Singapore and Temasek Junior College, before pursuing a doctoral degree in English literature from the National University of Singapore. His poems have appeared in journals around the world, including Atlanta Review, Fulcrum, Poetry International, Cimarron Review, Wascana Review, Dimsum, and Asia Literary Review. They have also been featured in the 2008 W.W. Norton & Co. anthology, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, & Beyond, and Chinese Erotic Poems by Everyman's Library. Cyril was a featured poet at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (UK), the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, the Sydney Writers' Festival, and the Singapore Writers' Festival. TIME magazine (Dec 10, 2007) has written that "his work expands beyond simple sexuality...to embrace themes of love,...
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