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Index Wena Poon

Wena Poon (方慧娜, born 1974) is a lawyer and novelist based in the United States.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 53 relations: Alternative Press Expo, Anime, Austin, Texas, BBC Radio 4, Book at Bedtime, Boston, Bridport Arts Centre, Bullfighting, Bush Theatre, Cantonese, Chinese opera, CNN, CNN International, English literature, Frank O'Connor, Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Hawthornden Castle, Hokkien, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hua Mulan, Japanese writing system, Juris Doctor, Kamikaze, King James Version, Kunqu, Latin honors, Lions in Winter, Lorelei King, M*A*S*H (TV series), Malaysia, Manga, MPH Group, Nîmes, New Straits Times, Oberon Books, Occupation of Japan, Phi Beta Kappa, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore Literature Prize, Sixty-Six Books, Standard Chinese, Takeshi Kitano, Teochew Min, Teochew people, Terry Gilliam, Texas, The Straits Times, Transnationalism, ... Expand index (3 more) »

  2. American novelists of Chinese descent
  3. Singaporean emigrants to the United States
  4. Singaporean expatriates in Hong Kong
  5. Singaporean literature
  6. Singaporean writers

Alternative Press Expo

The Alternative Press Expo (APE) was a comic book festival and alternative comics convention that operated from 1994 to 2017.

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Anime

is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Book at Bedtime

Book at Bedtime (A Book at Bedtime until 9 July 1993) is a long-running radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each weekday evening between 22.45 and 23.00.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Bridport Arts Centre

Bridport Arts Centre is an arts centre in Bridport, Dorset, England.

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Bullfighting

Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations.

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Bush Theatre

The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

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Cantonese

Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta, with over 82.4 million native speakers.

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Chinese opera

Traditional Chinese opera, or Xiqu, is a form of musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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CNN International

Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide.

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English literature

English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world.

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Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor (born Michael Francis O'Donovan; 17 September 1903 – 10 March 1966) was an Irish author and translator.

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Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award

The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award—named in honour of Frank O'Connor, who devoted much of his work to the form—was an international literary award presented for the best short story collection.

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Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hawthornden Castle

Hawthornden Castle is located on the River North Esk in Midlothian, Scotland.

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Hokkien

Hokkien is a variety of the Southern Min languages, native to and originating from the Minnan region, in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China.

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Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public liberal arts university with a Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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Hua Mulan

Hua Mulan is a legendary Chinese folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century CE) of Chinese history.

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Japanese writing system

The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.

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Juris Doctor

A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law.

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Kamikaze

, officially, were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Kunqu

Kunqu, also known as Kunju (崑劇), K'un-ch'ü, Kun opera or Kunqu Opera, is one of the oldest extant forms of Chinese opera.

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Latin honors

Latin honours are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned.

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Lions in Winter

Lions in Winter is the debut collection of short stories by Singapore-born, United States-based writer Wena Poon.

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Lorelei King

Lorelei King is an actress, screenwriter and development executive who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1981.

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M*A*S*H (TV series)

M*A*S*H (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American war comedy drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1972, to February 28, 1983.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Manga

are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.

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MPH Group

MPH Group Malaysia Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian group of companies best known for its book retailing and online retailing services as well as being involved in the printing, publishing and distribution of books and library services in Malaysia and Singapore.

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Nîmes

Nîmes (Nimes; Latin: Nemausus) is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France.

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New Straits Times

The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia.

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Oberon Books

Oberon Books is a London-based publisher of drama texts and books on theatre.

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Occupation of Japan

Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952.

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Phi Beta Kappa

The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States.

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Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)

Raffles Girls' School (RGS) is an independent girls' secondary school located in Braddell, Singapore.

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Singapore Literature Prize

The Singapore Literature Prize (abbreviation: SLP) is a biennial award in Singapore to recognise outstanding published works by Singaporean authors in any of the four official languages: Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil.

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Sixty-Six Books

Sixty-Six Books was a set of plays premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011, to mark the theatre's reopening on a new site and the 400th anniversary of the King James Version.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912‒1949).

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Takeshi Kitano

, also known as in Japan, is a Japanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker.

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Teochew Min

Teochew, also known as Teo-Swa (or Chaoshan), is a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by their diaspora around the world.

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Teochew people

The Teochew people or Chaoshanese, Teo-Swa people or Chaoshan people (rendered Têo-Swa in romanized Teoswa and Cháoshàn in Modern Standard Mandarin also known as Teo-Swa in mainland China due to a change in place names) is an ethnic group native to the historical Chaoshan region in south China who speak the Teochew language.

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Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American–born British filmmaker, comedian, collage animator and actor.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The Straits Times

The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust.

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Transnationalism

Transnationalism is a research field and social phenomenon grown out of the heightened interconnectivity between people and the receding economic and social significance of boundaries among nation states.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Wuxia

italic (武俠, literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China.

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See also

American novelists of Chinese descent

Singaporean emigrants to the United States

Singaporean expatriates in Hong Kong

Singaporean literature

Singaporean writers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wena_Poon

, Westminster Abbey, World War II, Wuxia.