Eileen Chong

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Eileen Chong
Born1980
Singapore
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish
Years active2004-
Notable worksPainting Red Orchids

Eileen Chong (born 1980) is an Australian contemporary poet.[1]

Early life and education

Chong was born in

Peranakan descent. She grew up speaking English, Mandarin, and Hokkien.[2][3] Chong studied English language and literature at the National Institute of Education in Singapore and taught literature in secondary schools.[3][4]

She migrated to Sydney, Australia, in 2007.[5] After moving to Sydney she undertook a Masters of Letters at the University of Sydney.[4][6]

Career

Chong was awarded the Poets Union Youth Fellowship in 2010.[6]

In 2011–12, Chong was an Australian Poetry Fellow, which led to the publication of her first book Burning Rice.[6]

In 2016, Chong was poet-in-residence at the

Bundanon Trust.[7][8]

From 2019 to 2023, Chong's first book, Burning Rice, was on the

NSW HSC
syllabus for English, 2019–2023.

Eileen Chong reflected on her upbringing and its influence on themes in her writing:

"To paraphrase Wittgenstein, the limits of the world I grew up in were very much defined by the language of food. Ancestor worship and veneration centered around food offerings; my grandparents and parents certainly never told me they loved me when I was growing up, but they would ask if I was hungry, and they would do whatever it took to feed me, and they fed me well."[2][10]

Personal life

She is married to Colin Cassidy, her illustrator and husband.[11]

Selected bibliography

  • The Uncommon Feast (single-author essays, poems, and recipes) (2018) Introduction by Judith Beveridge, illustrations by Colin Cassidy. Recent Work Press, Canberra, Australia.

Poetry collections

  • Burning Rice (2012) Australian Poetry New Voices Series 2012, Melbourne, Australia. Reprinted 2013. Pitt Street Poetry, Sydney, Australia.
  • Peony (2014) Pitt Street Poetry, Sydney, Australia.
  • Painting Red Orchids (2016) Pitt Street Poetry, Sydney, Australia.
  • Another Language (2017) Foreword by Paul Kane; George Braziller, New York City, USA.
  • Rainforest (2018) Pitt Street Poetry, Sydney, Australia.
  • Map-Making (2018), Photographs by Charlene Winfred; Potts Point Press, Sydney, Australia.
  • Dark Matter (2018) International Poetry Studies Institute, with Recent Work Press, Canberra, Australia.
  • A Thousand Crimson Blooms (2021) University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Australia.

Anthologies

  • Aitken, Adam; Boey, Kimcheng; Cahill, eds. (2012). Contemporary Asian Australian Poets. Puncher & Wattmann.
    OCLC 829058589
    .

Awards

External links

References

  1. ^ "Austlit — Eileen Chong". Austlit. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Reid, Georgina (8 June 2016). "New Shoots: Eileen Chong". Wonderground Press. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b RedPress, Lady (8 October 2016). "Focus on Australian Women Writers of Migrant Heritage: Eileen Chong". Australian Women Writers Challenge. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Eileen Chong". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Painting Red Orchids". Singapore Unbound. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "Interview #41 — Eileen Chong by Robert Wood". Liminal Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Giving Back: On being poet-in-residence at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Bundanon: where the future of the arts lies in the past". Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  9. OCLC 829058589.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
    )
  10. ^ "Between The Lines-Eileen Chong". Centre For Stories. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Interview #41 — Eileen Chong". LIMINAL. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Chasing the elusive literary prize". AsiaOne. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  13. ^ ""PM's Literary Awards: Four of this year's Miles Franklin shortlist compete again"". The Age, 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  15. ^ Perkins, Cathy (Summer 2019). "Excellence in Literature and History". SL Magazine. 12 (4): 52–55.
  16. ^ "Rainforest". State Library of NSW. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry shortlisting". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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