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Goh Poh Seng was born on 19 July, 0036 in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, is a Singaporean writer. Discover Goh Poh Seng's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 19 July, 1936
Birthday 19 July
Birthplace Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya
Date of death 2010
Died Place Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality Singapore

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1965

He was a founder of the literary magazine Tumasek (which lasted for three issues) and co-founded Singapore's first multi-disciplinary arts centre, Centre 65, with Lim Kok Ann in 1965 to promote the arts.

1967

In his time living in Singapore, Goh held many honorary positions including the Chairman of the National Theatre Trust Board between 1967 and 1972, and Vice-Chairman of the Arts Council from 1967 to 1973.

He was committed to the development of Art and cultural policies of post-independent Singapore, as well as the development of cultural institutions such as the Singapore National Symphony, the Chinese Orchestra and the Singapore Dance Company.

1972

In 1972, Goh published his first novel, If We Dream Too Long.

Goh's play When the Smiles are Done (1972) was the first to use Singlish on stage, while his debut play The Moon is Less Bright (1964) was revived by Theatreworks (dir. Ong Keng Sen) in 1990 and The Second Breakfast Company (dir. Adeeb Fazah) in 2018.

1976

The novel won the National Book Development Council of Singapore's (NBDCS) Fiction Award in 1976 and has been translated into Russian, Japanese and Tagalog.

While the novel was criticised by The Straits Times upon publication, it enjoyed a first print run of 3,000 copies and was considered the first English-language Singaporean novel.

It was subsequently has been used as a Literature text in various universities.

1977

His other books include the novels The Immolation (1977) and A Dance of Moths (1995), which received the NBDCS Fiction award in 1996, and poetry collections Eyewitness (1976), Lines from Batu Ferringhi (1978) and Bird With One Wing (1982).

1982

In 1982, Goh received the Cultural Medallion for his contributions to Literature.

1983

Goh 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, organised Singapore's first David Bowie concert in 1983, and envisioned a livelier Singapore River in the 1970s, a proposal that was only taken seriously decades later.

In 1983 Goh set up Singapore's first disco and live music venue, Rainbow Lounge, at the Ming Arcade.

1986

The venue was shut down by the authorities in 1986 after a complaint was made against it for a indecent remark by a member of the house band.

As a result of the closure of his music venue, Goh emigrated to Canada in 1986.

2007

A 15-minute documentary about Goh, directed by Almerinda Travasoss, was released in 2007.

In 2007, Goh returned to Singapore to attend the Singapore Writers Festival.

2009

In 2009, Goh announced his plan to write a quartet of novels loosely based on his personal and family history.

2010

Goh Poh Seng (July 1936 – 10 January 2010) was a Singaporean dramatist, novelist, doctor and poet, was born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya in 1936.

He was educated at Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, received his medical degree from University College Dublin, and practised medicine in Singapore for twenty-five years.

His writing blossomed in Ireland, where he met writers Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan, published his poetry in the university magazine, and took a year off school to write.

Goh died on 10 January 2010 in Vancouver, after suffering from Parkinson's disease in his later years.

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."

2012

In 2012, his son, Kagan Goh, published Who Let In The Sky?, a family memoir about Goh's struggle with Parkinson's.

2014

Centre 65 inspired the name of Centre 42, an institution for playwriting which opened in 2014.

In 2014, the Centre for Southeast Asia Research at the University of British Columbia acquired the Goh Poh Seng Collection, a set of 110 volumes from Goh's library.

2015

In 2015, a collection of Goh's short stories based on his adventures in 1950s Ireland, Tall Tales and MisAdventures of a Young Westernized Oriental Gentleman, was posthumously published by NUS Press.

The memoir, written in the last years of Goh's life, includes reflections of his formative encounters with Irish literary giants Patrick Kavanagh and Samuel Beckett.

Reviewing the book in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Zhang Ruihe called it "a valuable addition to Singapore literature, a record of a writer's coming of age in a time of global transition and revolution."