Background
Poh Seng Goh was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 19, 1936. Goh was born to a middle-class family.
1974
Goh Poh Seng with his family.
Jalan Hang Tuah, City Centre, 55200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Poh Seng Goh was educated at Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur.
Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
Goh received his medical degree from University College Dublin, Ireland.
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Goh Poh Seng on his wedding day.
Goh Poh Seng with his wife Margaret.
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Goh Poh Seng with his son.
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(Regarded as one of the pioneers of Singapore literature, ...)
Regarded as one of the pioneers of Singapore literature, Goh Poh Seng takes on larger-than-life themes in his most ambitious novel, which is set in post-war Vietnam. In The Immolation, Goh’s take on issues of national identity, war, and self-discovery has contemporary relevance not just to Asian readers, but an international audience.
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1977
(The theme of the indiviudal's sense of alienation and sea...)
The theme of the indiviudal's sense of alienation and search for meaning in life is once again the main concern of acclaimed novelist and poet Goh Poh Seng. The chief protagonist Ong Kian Teck, a gifted, hard-working creative designer in an advertising firm, epitomizes the successful Singaporean. The other protagonist, Chan Kok Leong, an accounts clerk, strives to free himself from the drudgery of his job and the pain of life with his family in their small, high rise flat in Toa Payoh. Common to both stories is the sense of isolation and lack of communication - between friends, between husband and wife, between parents and children, all locked in their separate worlds.
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1995
(This collection by the award-winning writer Goh Poh Seng ...)
This collection by the award-winning writer Goh Poh Seng is the first volume of his poetry published in North America. It spans more than thirty-five years of his work and traverses cultures as well as continents.
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1998
(In As Though The Gods Love Us, Goh brings a lifetime of l...)
In As Though The Gods Love Us, Goh brings a lifetime of love, despair and passion to his work with the skill of a master craftsman. Amidst some of the world's most exotic locales, he uses graceful and lyrical language to understand his world and to bring us closer to ourselves and each other.
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2000
(This memoir by Goh Poh Seng tells of his adventures as a ...)
This memoir by Goh Poh Seng tells of his adventures as a young Asian student in the Ireland of the 1950s. Brought up in post-war Kuala Lumpur, the impressionable young man finds himself transported to a totally different milieu and culture. The stories follow him from the first tentative steps of his voyage to Europe, to his sojourn in a hostel for Asian students and the shock of boarding life in a boys’ Catholic school; continues with his early awakening to the possibility of becoming a writer, together with a total embrace of the cultural and literary pleasures of Dublin.
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Poh Seng Goh was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 19, 1936. Goh was born to a middle-class family.
Poh Seng Goh was educated at Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, received his medical degree from University College Dublin, ireland.
After his study in Ireland, Goh Poh Seng returned in 1961 to Singapore. Here Goh became committed to developing the art and cultural policies of post-independent Singapore, founding the literary magazine Tumasek, and co-founding Centre 65 to promote the arts. Goh chaired the National Theatre Trust and was vice-chairman of the Arts Council from 1967 to 1973, and was integrally involved in the formation of cultural institutions such as the Singapore National Symphony, the Chinese Orchestra and the Singapore Dance Company. He also opened Singapore’s first theatre disco lounge, Rainbow Lounge at Ming Arcade, and Bistro Toulouse-Lautrec at Tanglin Shopping Centre for live jazz and poetry readings organized Singapore’s first David Bowie concert and headed movements to conserve and culturally re-envision Singapore River and Kuala Lumpur’s Central Market in the 1980s.
Goh’s first play, "The Moon is Less Bright" (1964), is set in rural Singapore just before and during the Japanese occupation. His subsequent plays, "When Smiles Are Done" (1965; subsequently retitled Room With Paper Flowers) and "The Elder Brother" (1966), were distinguished by their pioneering use of Singlish in drama.
Goh’s first novel, "If We Dream Too Long" (1972), is considered by many as the first English-language Singaporean novel and won the inaugural National Book Development Council of Singapore Award for Fiction in 1976. His later novels include "The Immolation" (1977), "A Dance of Moths" (1995), "Dance With White Clouds: A Fable for Grown-ups" (2001), and "Tall Tales and Misadventures of a Young Westernised Oriental Gentleman" (2015).
Goh has authored five volumes of poetry: "Eyewitness" (1976), "Lines from Batu Ferringhi" (1978), "Bird with One Wing" (1982), T"he Girl from Ermita & Selected Poems", 1961-1998 (1998) and "As Though the Gods Love Us" (2000). He was an active participant in numerous poetry and literary festivals throughout his life, reading in India, Russia, the Philippines, Korea, the United States, Mexico and throughout Canada.
He emigrated to Canada in 1986 and continued to practise medicine until 1995, when Parkinson’s disease forced him to retire. He lived in Vancouver and Newfoundland and was working on a chronicle of his family’s emigration from China to Malaysia when he passed away on January 10, 2010 of complications due to Parkinson’s Disease, at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.
(Regarded as one of the pioneers of Singapore literature, ...)
1977(The theme of the indiviudal's sense of alienation and sea...)
1995(In As Though The Gods Love Us, Goh brings a lifetime of l...)
2000(This collection by the award-winning writer Goh Poh Seng ...)
1998(This memoir by Goh Poh Seng tells of his adventures as a ...)
Goh Poh Seng was a member of National Youth Leadership Training Institute board of governors (1967-1973), Peoples Association board, (1970-1972), Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, (1970-1974), and Termination of Pregnancy advisory board, (1970-1974).
Those, who met Goh Poh Seng, said, that he was "witty, strong and vocal in his mild-mannered frail-looking frame. I could tell in his younger years he was a looker." They describe him as a man deeply involved in all forms of the arts - from writing to music to fine cuisine.
Physical Characteristics: In 1995 Goh Poh Seng was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, which affects nerve and muscle coordination.
Quotes from others about the person
"He was passionate, a dreamer. He loved life in all its aspects," says Robert Yeo, 69, who had some of his first poems published in the now defunct Tumasek. "He was a person of immense talent and generosity."
"Artsy and gutsy, the Dr Goh Poh Seng pushed hard for what he believed in" an excerpt reports by Akshita Nanda in The Straits Times, Wednesday, January 13, 2010. In the "Life!" Section, Dr Goh was captioned as "a man for all seasons".
"His interests were wide," said fellow literary pioneer Edwin Thumboo, describing his colleague as a "poet, novelist, dramatist and cultural activist".
"He was always adventurous, a very active person," said Mr Wong, who designed the National Theatre.
Paying tribute to Goh, playwright Robert Yeo said, "He is someone who not only believed in literature, but also believed in lifting the cultural aspirations of Singaporeans."
Dr. Goh Poh Seng was married to Margaret. They raise four sons.