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You Jin (Tham Yew Chin) was born on 1950 in Ipoh, British Malaya, is a Tham Yew Chin known by her pseudonym You Jin is writer writer. Discover You Jin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As Tham Yew Chin
Occupation Writer
Age 74 years old
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Birthplace Ipoh, British Malaya
Nationality Malaysia

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1950

Tham Yew Chin (born 1950), known by her pseudonym You Jin (尤今), is a Singaporean writer.

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.

Tham has published close to 160 literary works under the pseudonym of You Jin.

2004

Her 2004 collection of short stories, 听, 青春在哭泣 : 短篇小说, 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.

2005

Her 2005 autobiography, A Life in Words (文字就是生命} was then translated by Shelly Bryant and published in 2016 by the same company, marking the fourth time she would win the award.

2009

She received the Cultural Medallion Award in 2009 for her contributions to Singapore's literary arts scene.

In 2009, she received the Cultural Medallion in literary arts for the first time.

2012

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.

In 2012, Tham's writing was translated into English for the first time.

2014

In 2014, three of Tham's books, Jinse Daishu (金色袋鼠), Release Your Happiness (释放快乐) and Even The Heart Soars (心也飞翔), entered the Singapore Literature Prize shortlist for Chinese fiction and non-fiction.

Eventually, Even The Heart Soars (心也飞翔) won a merit award for Chinese non-fiction.