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You Jin
Native name
尤ゆう今いま
BornTham Yew Chin
1950 (age 73–74)
Ipoh, British Malaya
OccupationWriter
LanguageChinese, English
Alma materNanyang University
Period1970-present
GenreNovel
Notable worksJinse Daishu
Release Your Happiness
Even The Heart Soars
Chinese name
Chinese尤ゆう今いま
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese譚たん幼よう今いま
Simplified Chinese谭幼よう今いま

Tham Yew Chin (Chinese: 谭幼今いま; born 1950), known by her pseudonym You Jin (尤ゆう今いま), is a Singaporean writer. She received the Cultural Medallion Award in 2009 for her contributions to Singapore's literary arts scene.

Early life and family

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Tham was born 1950 in Ipoh, British Malaya. Her family relocated to Singapore when she was eight years old. Moving to Singapore, she suffered from a language barrier as she only spoke Cantonese. Her father was a construction worker, and her paternal grandfather was an immigrant from then-poverty-torn China.[1]

Career

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Tham has published close to 160 literary works under the pseudonym of You Jin.[2] In 2009, she received the Cultural Medallion in literary arts for the first time.[3] Tham contributed an essay titled A Fish in Water for former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew's 2012 book, My Lifelong Challenge: Singapore's Bilingual Journey.[1]

In 2012, Tham's writing was translated into English for the first time. Her 2004 collection of short stories, 听, 青春せいしゅん在ざい哭泣 : 短篇たんぺん小しょう说, was translated by Sylvia Li-chun Lin and published by Epigram Books as Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops as part of its Cultural Medallion series.[4] Her 2005 autobiography, A Life in Words (文字もじ就是生命せいめい} was then translated by Shelly Bryant and published in 2016 by the same company, marking the fourth time she would win the award.[5]

In 2014, three of Tham's books, Jinse Daishu (金色きんいろ袋ぶくろ鼠ねずみ), Release Your Happiness (释放快かい乐) and Even The Heart Soars (心こころ也飞翔しょう), entered the Singapore Literature Prize shortlist for Chinese fiction and non-fiction.[6] Eventually, Even The Heart Soars (心こころ也飞翔しょう) won a merit award for Chinese non-fiction.[7]

Awards

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  • 1982: National Book Development Council of Singapore Book Award
  • 1991: National Book Development Council of Singapore Book Award
  • 1991: Singapore Chinese Literary Award (from the Singapore Literature Society)
  • 1996: Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Literary Award
  • 2009: Cultural Medallion for Literature

Selected works

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  • 词选赏析 (1973, 华文中学ちゅうがく教きょう师会)
  • 电神和わ雷かみなり魔ま : 泰たい国民こくみん间故事こじ / The Tale of Lightning and Thunder (1980, 彩あや艺出版しゅっぱん公司こうし)
  • 大胡おおご子こ的てき春はる与あずか冬ふゆ (1989, 新しん亚出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 9971803984
  • 风筝在ざい云うん里さと笑わらい (1989, 东升出版しゅっぱん社しゃ, 热带出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 7536013183
  • 尘世浮雕 (1990, 成功せいこう出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 9813088192
  • 含笑的てき蜻蜓 (1991, 教育きょういく出版しゅっぱん公司こうし) ISBN 9971002469
  • 方ほう格子こうし里さと的てき世界せかい : 尤ゆう今いま的てき足あし迹 (1992, 四川文艺出版社) ISBN 7541109312
  • 灯影とうえい內的人生じんせい : 尤ゆう今こん散文さんぶん选粹 (1992, 四川文艺出版社) ISBN 9787541109164
  • 百ひゃく年ねん苦く乐 (1993, 新しん亚出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 997180767X
  • 家いえ在ざい新しん加か坡 : 尤ゆう今こん散文さんぶん新作しんさく (1993, 四川文艺出版社) ISBN 7541110620
  • 结局 (1993, 吉林きつりん人民じんみん出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 978-7-206-01902-9
  • 活かつ在ざい羊ひつじ群ぐん里さと的てき人じん (1994, 新しん亚出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 9971807904
  • 长屋生涯しょうがい原はら是ただし梦 (1995, 浙江せっこう文ぶん艺出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 7533908155
  • 瑰丽的てき旋涡 (1995, 教育きょういく出版しゅっぱん公司こうし) ISBN 9971005514
  • 回かい首しゅ叫さけべ云うん飞风起おこり (1995, 浙江せっこう文ぶん艺出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 7533908384
  • 跌碎的てき彩いろどり虹にじ (1996, 教育きょういく出版しゅっぱん公司こうし) ISBN 9971007460
  • 华义文ぶん圃. 第だい十じゅう期き, 学海がっかい无涯 (1997, 华义中学ちゅうがく中ちゅう文学ぶんがく会かい) OCLC 426281524 ISSN 0129-0983
  • 荒谷あらや (1997, 新しん亚出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 9812252533
  • 大地だいち的てき珠たま宝たから (1998, 新しん亚出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 978-981-225-346-0
  • 黑色こくしょく的てき稻いね米まい (1999, 2000, SNP Editions) ISBN 9971010364
  • 吹笛子こ的てき人じん (2001, 重じゅう庆出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 753665233X
  • 豆まめ花はな不ふ撒谎 (2005, 玲子れいこ传媒) ISBN 9814157562
  • 大地だいち的てき耳みみ朵 (2007, 玲子れいこ传媒) ISBN 9789814200585
  • 缤纷城じょう事ごと (2008, 四川しせん人民じんみん出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 9787220074981
  • 缤纷城じょう事ごと : 随ずい尤ゆう今いま的てき足あし迹, 听都市とし的てき声音こわね (2008, 玲子れいこ传媒) ISBN 9789814243063
  • 爱恨交缠的てき瘀痕 (2010, Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd) ISBN 9789810626525
  • 爱是一いち朵花 (2010, 江こう苏文艺出版しゅっぱん社しゃ) ISBN 9787539936345
  • 寸寸すんずん土地とち皆みな故事こじ (2010, 新しん加か坡青年ねん书局) ISBN 9789810864132
  • 等とう待まち国旗こっき的てき人じん (2010, 新しん加か坡青年ねん书局) ISBN 9789810864125

References

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  1. ^ a b Lee, Kuan Yew (2012). My Lifelong Challenge: Singapore's Bilingual Journey. Straits Times Press. pp. 349–352. ISBN 9789814342032.
  2. ^ "Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops". Epigram Books. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Editions Didier Millet (2011). Singapore at Random. Editions Didier Millet. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-981-4260-37-4.
  4. ^ "Teaching Cats to Jump Hoops". Epigram Books. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  5. ^ Jin, You (2016). A Life in Words. Epigram Books. ISBN 978-981-4615-44-0.
  6. ^ "Singapore Literature Prize 2014 Shortlist". The Book Council. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  7. ^ Martin, Mayo (4 November 2014). "S'pore Literature Prize 2014 winners announced". MediaCorp. TODAY. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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