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In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Sa'at is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Alfian.
Alfian bin Sa'at
Born (1977-07-18) July 18, 1977 (age 46)
Singapore
OccupationResident playwright for W!LD RICE
NationalitySingapore Singaporean
Website
http://alfian.diaryland.com

Alfian bin Sa'at (born July 18, 1977) is a Singaporean writer, poet and playwright. A Malay Muslim of Minangkabau, Javanese and Hakka descent, he is often referred to as his country's enfant terrible, known for his provocative works.

Biography

Early life

An alumnus of Tampines Primary School, Raffles Institution, and Raffles Junior College, Alfian was the chairman of the drama societies in both RI and RJC. He also took part in the Creative Arts Programme twice - once at fifteen, and a second time at seventeen - both times under the mentorship of Haresh Sharma. He has since returned to the programme as an occasional mentor.[1][2] During his two years at RJC, Alfian received the Kripalani Award for Outstanding Contribution to Creative Arts.[3] Alfian attended medical classes at the National University of Singapore but did not graduate.

Career

In 1998, Alfian published his first collection of poetry, One Fierce Hour at the age of twenty-one. The book was acclaimed as "truly a landmark for poetry [in Singapore]" by The Straits Times, and Alfian himself was described by Malaysia's New Straits Times as "one of the most acclaimed poets in his country... a prankish provocateur, libertarian hipster".[4]

A year later, Alfian published his first collection of short stories, Corridor, which won the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award. Seven of the short stories from the collection have since been adapted for television. In 2001, he published his second collection of poetry, 'A History of Amnesia', which was hailed by The Straits Times as "one of the most powerful collections by a Singaporean" in addition to being shortlisted for a Kiriyama Asia-Pacific Book Prize. Alfian won both the inaugural National Arts Council-Singapore Press Holdings Golden Point Award for Poetry in the same year, as well as the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award for Literature.

Alfian's plays, written in both English and Malay, have received broad attention in both Singapore and Malaysia. His first play was produced when he was 19, and he has had a long association as a playwright with theatre group The Necessary Stage as well as with Teater Ekamatra, a Malay theatre group known for articulating minority concerns in Chinese-majority Singapore.

In 2005, Alfian was fired from his post as a teacher at East View Secondary School. Though no official reason was given, it has been reported that he was fired for being outspoken on gay issues, or for being gay himself.[5]

Alfian is currently the resident playwright of theatre group W!LD RICE.[6] and has his own column 'Iced Bandung' on Trevvy, Singapore's pioneer gay website. He is currently enrolled for an undergraduate course at the School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University.[7]

Works

Plays

English

  • Fighting (1994)
  • Korban (1995)
  • Black Boards, White Walls (1997)
  • Yesterday My Classmate Died (1997)
  • sex.violence.blood.gore (co-written with Chong Tze Chien) (1999)
  • Asian Boys Vol. 1 (2000)
  • What's The Difference? (2001)
  • Don't Say I Say (2001)
  • poppy dot dream (2001)
  • The Corrected Poems of Minah Jambu (2001)
  • The Optic Trilogy (2001)
  • 7 Ten: Seven Original 10-minute Plays: Not In (2003)
  • Landmarks: Asian Boys Vol. 2 (2004)
  • Tekka Voices (2004)
  • Mengapa Isa? (2004)
  • The Importance of Being Kaypoh (2005)
  • Harmony Daze (2005)
  • Confessions of 300 Unmarried Men: Blush (2006)
  • Homesick (2006)
  • Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol 3 (2007)

Malay

  • Deklamasi Malas (Declamation of Indolence) (1997)
  • Dongeng (Myth) (1997)
  • Anak Bulan di Kampung Wa' Hassan (The New Moon at Kampung Wa' Hassan) (1998)
  • Madu II (Polygamy) (1998)
  • Causeway (1998)
  • Peti Kayu Ibuku (My Mother's Wooden Chest) (translated into Malay from Kuo Pao Kun's translation of Ng Xin Yue's original Mandarin text) (1999)
  • The Miseducation of Minah Bukit (2001)
  • Tapak 7 (Seven Steps) (2001)
  • Selamat Malam Ibu (adapted from 'night Mother by Marsha Norman) (2003)
  • Keturunan Laksmana Tak Ada Anu (adapted from Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral by Kuo Pao Kun) (2003)
  • Minah & Monyet (Minah & Monkey) (2003)

Mandarin

Poetry

  • One Fierce Hour (Landmark Books, 1998) ISBN 981-3065-18-4
  • A History of Amnesia (Ethos Books, 2001) ISBN 981-04-3704-8

Prose

English

Malay

  • Bisik: Antologi Drama Melayu Singapura (Whisper: Anthology of Malay Singaporean Drama) (Pustaka Cipta, 2003)

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Dissecting Poetry". National University of Singapore. August 2001. Retrieved 2006-11-19. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Lim, Audrey. "Deny Thy Country, Young Man: An Interview with Alfian Sa'at". oddrummer's home page. Retrieved 2006-11-19.
  3. ^ Gwee, Li Sui. "Alfian Bin Sa'at: Biography and Brief Introduction". The Literature, Culture, and Society of Singapore. Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English. Retrieved 2006-11-19.
  4. ^ "Alfian Bin Sa'at". internationales literaturfestival berlin. 2004. Retrieved 2006-11-19. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Teacher unaccountably terminated", Yawning Bread, June 2007, retrieved 2007-09-24 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ "W!LD RICE :: About : Contact Us". W!LD RICE. Retrieved 2006-11-26. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  7. ^ "NUT". naif's journal. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfian_Sa%27at&diff=prev&oldid=171617541

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