Haresh Sharma
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| Haresh Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 Singapore |
| Occupation | Resident playwright for The Necessary Stage |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
Haresh Sharma (born 1965) is a Singaporean playwright. To date, he has written more than fifty plays that have been staged all over the world, including Singapore, Melbourne, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cairo and London.[1] Sharma has a BA from the National University of Singapore as well as an MA in Playwriting from the University of Birmingham, obtained in 1994 on a Shell-NAC Scholarship. He has also been awarded fellowships and grants by the British Council and the United States Information Service, and was conferred the Young Artist Award in 1997. His play, Off Centre, was recently selected by the Ministry of Education as a Literature text for ‘N’ and ‘O’ levels, and republished by The Necessary Stage in 2006.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Singapore to Pakistani parents, Sharma attended Tanjong Katong Secondary School, Temasek Junior College, as well as the National University of Singapore, where he majored in English Language and Literature.[1] It was also at the National University of Singapore in 1987 where he met Alvin Tan, then a fellow undergraduate and founder of The Necessary Stage. He soon became involved in productions - first doing backstage, publicity, sound, and the occasional acting - then eventually moving on to scriptwriting when one of his plays won the NUS-Shell Short Play Competition in 1988.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Klein, Ronald D. (2001). Interlogue - Studies in Singapore Literature, Volume 4: Interviews. Singapore: Ethos Books, 334-357, 384.
2. Birch, David; Kirpal Singh (ed) (2007). Interlogue - Studies in Singapore Literature, Volume 6: Haresh Sharma; The Cultural Politics of Playwriting in Contemporary Singapore: Ethos Books.
