David Leo
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David Leo is a writer in Singapore.
His most notable work is Different Strokes, a novel published in 1993 on two AIDS victims and a reporter who interview them. The novel explores societal views on AIDS and its victims.
Leo received a Publishers Prize for fiction in 1993, a commendation prize for fiction by National Book Development Council in 1994, and a commendation award of the Singapore Literature Prize in 1995. [1]
Some of David’s short stories have won prizes in writing competitions in Singapore. He also writes poetry, and some of his poems have appeared in various publications including Singa, Focus, Breakthrough, Project Alpha Silver, and an anthology of 20th Century Poets published in the UK
Leo works as an Assistant General Manager at the Singapore Airport Terminal Services.
[edit] Works
- Somewhere a Tiny Voice (1993)
- Ah...the Fragrance of Durians' (1993)
- The Sins of the Fathers (1993)
- Different Strokes (1993)
- Wives, Lovers & Other Women (1995)
- Kiasi, Kiasu You Think What (1995) ISBN 981-204-626-7 (see Kiasu)
- One Journey, Many Rivers (1997)
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