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Goh Sin Tub

Goh Sin Tub (simplified Chinese: 吴信达; traditional Chinese: 吳信達; pinyin: Wú Xìndá; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gôo-Sìn-ta̍t) was a well-known pioneer of Singaporean literature. He was a prolific writer of numerous book titles, which includes bestsellers like The Nan-Mei-Su Girls of Emerald Hill, The Ghost Lover of Emerald Hill, and the Ghosts of Singapore. He also wrote a collection of short stories in Malay.[1]

Goh Sin Tub
Native name
吴信达
Born1927
Singapore
Died16 November 2004(2004-11-16) (aged 77)
Singapore
Pen nameEaster Goh (English newspaper)
Akbar Goh (Malay newspaper)
OccupationWriter, teacher, social worker
GenreFiction
Notable awards1964: Second Prize, National Short Stories in Malaysia
1986: Merit, National Short Story Writing Competition
1987: Merit, National Short Story Writing Competition
1988: Merit, National Short Story Writing Competition
1996: Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Award (English Prose)
SpouseDr Sylvia Goh
ChildrenSons:
Austin
John
Pat

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Background edit

Goh was born in 1927 a second-generation Singapore-born Hokkien Chinese to a family of five siblings. His father was a clerk in the Yokohama Specie Bank (the former Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank) at Clifford Pier while his mother was a housewife.[2] Three generations had lived on 104 Telok Ayer Street for most of their lives, before relocating to River Valley Road. He had primary education at the Royal English School in the River Valley vicinity, and went on to the St. Joseph's Institution together with his eldest brother, Charlie Goh.[3]

In 1935 Goh attended the prestigious boys' school Raffles Institution. When the Japanese began bombing Singapore at the early stage of their invasion, the Goh family hid under a staircase at the back of their house at Emerald Hill. To avoid further bombing, the family later moved to a shophouse in Philip Road. He was a 14-year-old boy at the time of the Occupation.

As a youth, he sold bread and canned goods door to door and a coal worker carrying bags of coal to support his family during the Japanese Occupation. As he was fearful of the Japanese soldiers, he had to learn to be streetwise, and to size people up quickly in order to survive, and make money to support his family.[4] He continued his education at St Joseph's Institution. Goh also won a scholarship to study at the prestigious Raffles College (a predecessor of the National University of Singapore) and graduated with a BA in English.

Career edit

After graduation, Goh returned to SJI to teach and founded the Youth Circle Poetry interest group at the school, which attracted and encouraged aspiring writers to meet regularly to discuss about writing poetry. Among his former protégés from the club was Edwin Thumboo, who would go on to become a prominent poet and writer in his own right.[5]

In his lifetime he was also a civil servant, serving as deputy secretary to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health between 1951 - 1969. Moving on from the Ministry, he went into banking as a project management director, and was instrumental to the building of the OCBC Centre and the Dynasty Hotel/Tangs Complex.[4] He also was a social worker and served as chairman of the Board of Governors for the St. Joseph's Institution. He also served on positions on a number of committees of various private and governmental organizations in Singapore. In 1992 Goh, along with Mrs Hedwig Anuar, was appointed to the 69-member Publications Advisory Panel by the Minister for Information and the Arts, to advise approvals and classification of publications referred to them by the Film Censors Board and the Ministry.[6]

 

Bibliography edit

Novels edit

  • The Nan-Mei-Su Girls of Emerald Hill (1989, Heinemann Writing in Asia Series; 1998, Raffles as The Girls of Emerald Hill) ISBN 9971641992 ISBN 9814032026

Short story collections edit

Anthologies edit

Children's edit

  • Rhymes for Malaysian Children (1964, Malaysia Publications)

References edit

  1. ^ Ahmad, Nureza (2004-05-13). . National Library Board Singapore. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  2. ^ Gerard, Wong (1998-10-07). "Invasion memories". The New Paper.
  3. ^ Roger, Khong (1993-12-15). "Goh Sin Tub (Reel 1 of 7)". . Archived from the original (djvu) on 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  4. ^ a b Chia, Helen (1989-05-10). (PDF). Straits Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-22. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  5. ^ . National Library Board. Archived from the original on 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  6. ^ "Cross-section of Singaporeans in Films and Publications panels". Straits Times. 1992-07-02.
  • (National Library Board)

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Goh Sin Tub simplified Chinese 吴信达 traditional Chinese 吳信達 pinyin Wu Xinda Pe h ōe ji Goo Sin ta t was a well known pioneer of Singaporean literature He was a prolific writer of numerous book titles which includes bestsellers like The Nan Mei Su Girls of Emerald Hill The Ghost Lover of Emerald Hill and the Ghosts of Singapore He also wrote a collection of short stories in Malay 1 Goh Sin TubNative name吴信达Born1927SingaporeDied16 November 2004 2004 11 16 aged 77 SingaporePen nameEaster Goh English newspaper Akbar Goh Malay newspaper OccupationWriter teacher social workerGenreFictionNotable awards1964 Second Prize National Short Stories in Malaysia1986 Merit National Short Story Writing Competition1987 Merit National Short Story Writing Competition1988 Merit National Short Story Writing Competition1996 Montblanc NUS Centre for the Arts Award English Prose SpouseDr Sylvia GohChildrenSons AustinJohnPatLiterature portal Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 Bibliography 3 1 Novels 3 2 Short story collections 3 3 Anthologies 3 4 Children s 4 ReferencesBackground editGoh was born in 1927 a second generation Singapore born Hokkien Chinese to a family of five siblings His father was a clerk in the Yokohama Specie Bank the former Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank at Clifford Pier while his mother was a housewife 2 Three generations had lived on 104 Telok Ayer Street for most of their lives before relocating to River Valley Road He had primary education at the Royal English School in the River Valley vicinity and went on to the St Joseph s Institution together with his eldest brother Charlie Goh 3 In 1935 Goh attended the prestigious boys school Raffles Institution When the Japanese began bombing Singapore at the early stage of their invasion the Goh family hid under a staircase at the back of their house at Emerald Hill To avoid further bombing the family later moved to a shophouse in Philip Road He was a 14 year old boy at the time of the Occupation As a youth he sold bread and canned goods door to door and a coal worker carrying bags of coal to support his family during the Japanese Occupation As he was fearful of the Japanese soldiers he had to learn to be streetwise and to size people up quickly in order to survive and make money to support his family 4 He continued his education at St Joseph s Institution Goh also won a scholarship to study at the prestigious Raffles College a predecessor of the National University of Singapore and graduated with a BA in English Career editAfter graduation Goh returned to SJI to teach and founded the Youth Circle Poetry interest group at the school which attracted and encouraged aspiring writers to meet regularly to discuss about writing poetry Among his former proteges from the club was Edwin Thumboo who would go on to become a prominent poet and writer in his own right 5 In his lifetime he was also a civil servant serving as deputy secretary to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health between 1951 1969 Moving on from the Ministry he went into banking as a project management director and was instrumental to the building of the OCBC Centre and the Dynasty Hotel Tangs Complex 4 He also was a social worker and served as chairman of the Board of Governors for the St Joseph s Institution He also served on positions on a number of committees of various private and governmental organizations in Singapore In 1992 Goh along with Mrs Hedwig Anuar was appointed to the 69 member Publications Advisory Panel by the Minister for Information and the Arts to advise approvals and classification of publications referred to them by the Film Censors Board and the Ministry 6 nbsp Bibliography editNovels edit The Nan Mei Su Girls of Emerald Hill 1989 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series 1998 Raffles as The Girls of Emerald Hill ISBN 9971641992 ISBN 9814032026 Short story collections edit The Battle of the Bands and Other Stories 1986 MPH Magazines 1987 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series as Honour and Other Stories 1998 Raffles as Honour and Other Stories ISBN 9971732165 ISBN 9971641488 ISBN 9814032042 The Ghost Lover Of Emerald Hill And Other Stories 1987 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series 1998 Raffles ISBN 9971641356 ISBN 9814032050 Ghosts of Singapore 1990 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series 1998 Raffles ISBN 9971642271 ISBN 9814032077 More Ghosts of Singapore 1991 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series 1998 Raffles ISBN 9971642441 ISBN 9814032085 The Sin Kheh 1993 Times Books International ISBN 9812044671 Moments in a Singapore Life 1993 UniPress ISBN 981004254X Goh s 12 Best Singapore Stories 1993 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series 1998 Raffles ISBN 9971643170 ISBN 9814032034 Mass Possession A True Story Tales of the Supernatural and Natural 1994 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series 1998 Raffles as The Campus Spirit and Other Stories ISBN 9971643782 ISBN 9814032069 If You Too Could Do Voodoo Who Would You Do Voodoo To and Other Stories 1995 Times Books International ISBN 981204518X Loves of Sons and Daughters 1995 Times Books International ISBN 9812046178 30 Stories Narrative Compositions for O level 1996 EPB Publishers ISBN 9971051613 12 Women and Their Stories 1997 Times Books International ISBN 9812042504 One Singapore 65 Stories by a Singaporean 1998 2000 EPB Publishers ISBN 9971008769 ISBN 997101159X One Singapore 2 65 More Stories by a Singaporean 2000 EPB Publishers ISBN 9971011336 Goh Sin Tub s One Singapore 3 More Singaporean Stories 2001 SNP Pan Pacific Publishing ISBN 9971093057 Walk Like A Dragon Short Stories 2004 Angsana Books ISBN 9813056746 The Angel of Changi amp Other Stories 2005 Angsana Books ISBN 9813056908 Anthologies edit Robert Yeo ed Singapore Short Stories 1978 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series ISBN 9971043173 Helen Lee ed Tapestry A Collection of Short Stories 1992 Heinemann Writing in Asia Series ISBN 9971643049 Kirpal Singh ed Rhythms A Singaporean millennial anthology of poetry 2000 National Arts Council Singapore ISBN 9971887630 Gwee Li Sui ed Written Country The History of Singapore through Literature 2016 Landmark Publications ISBN 9789814189668 Children s edit Rhymes for Malaysian Children 1964 Malaysia Publications References editLibrary resources about Goh Sin Tub Resources in your library Resources in other libraries By Goh Sin Tub Resources in your library Resources in other libraries Ahmad Nureza 2004 05 13 Goh Sin Tub National Library Board Singapore Archived from the original on 2008 09 07 Retrieved 2008 11 04 Gerard Wong 1998 10 07 Invasion memories The New Paper Roger Khong 1993 12 15 Goh Sin Tub Reel 1 of 7 The Civil Service A Retrospection transcript Archived from the original djvu on 2011 05 29 Retrieved 2008 11 06 a b Chia Helen 1989 05 10 Goh Civil servant banker writer and fund raiser PDF Straits Times Archived from the original PDF on 2007 07 22 Retrieved 2008 10 05 Singapore Literary Pioneers Goh Sin Tub National Library Board Archived from the original on 2008 05 25 Retrieved 2008 10 05 Cross section of Singaporeans in Films and Publications panels Straits Times 1992 07 02 Infopedia Biography Abstract National Library Board Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Goh Sin Tub amp oldid 1133082037, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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