Boey Kim Cheng

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Boey Kim Cheng (born 1965) is a Singaporean poet.[1]

He is of Chinese descent. As a student he won the National University of Singapore Poetry Competition and has since received the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award (1996). He currently lectures in Creative Writing at The University of Newcastle in Australia.

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  • Somewhere-bound, (1989)
  • Another Place, (1992)
  • Days of No Name, (1996)
  • Losing Alexandria, (Giramondo, 2003)
  • Calling the Poems Home, (2004)
  • Plum Blossom or Quong Tart at the QVB, (Melbourne University Press, 2005)
  • After the Fire: New and selected poems, (2006)

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NAME Boey, Kim Cheng
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Singaporean poet
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DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Singapore
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