Goh Sin Tub

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Goh Sin Tub
social worker
GenreFiction
Notable awards1964: Second Prize, National Short Stories in Malaysia
1986: Merit, National Short Story Writing Competition
1987: Merit, National Short Story Writing Competition
1988: Merit, National Short Story Writing Competition
1996: Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Award (English Prose)
SpouseDr Sylvia Goh
ChildrenSons:
Austin
John
Pat
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Goh Sin Tub (

Singaporean literature. He was a prolific writer of numerous book titles, which includes bestsellers like The Nan-Mei-Su Girls of Emerald Hill, The Ghost Lover of Emerald Hill, and the Ghosts of Singapore. He also wrote a collection of short stories in Malay.[1]

Background

Goh was born in 1927 a second-generation Singapore-born

St. Joseph's Institution together with his eldest brother, Charlie Goh.[3]

In 1935 Goh attended the prestigious boys' school Raffles Institution. When the Japanese began bombing Singapore at the early stage of their invasion, the Goh family hid under a staircase at the back of their house at Emerald Hill. To avoid further bombing, the family later moved to a shophouse in Philip Road. He was a 14-year-old boy at the time of the Occupation.

As a youth, he sold bread and canned goods door to door and a coal worker carrying bags of coal to support his family during the Japanese Occupation. As he was fearful of the Japanese soldiers, he had to learn to be streetwise, and to size people up quickly in order to survive, and make money to support his family.

St Joseph's Institution. Goh also won a scholarship to study at the prestigious Raffles College (a predecessor of the National University of Singapore) and graduated with a BA
in English.

Career

After graduation, Goh returned to SJI to teach and founded the Youth Circle Poetry interest group at the school, which attracted and encouraged aspiring writers to meet regularly to discuss about writing poetry. Among his former

protégés from the club was Edwin Thumboo, who would go on to become a prominent poet and writer in his own right.[5]

In his lifetime he was also a

St. Joseph's Institution. He also served on positions on a number of committees of various private and governmental organizations in Singapore. In 1992 Goh, along with Mrs Hedwig Anuar, was appointed to the 69-member Publications Advisory Panel by the Minister for Information and the Arts, to advise approvals and classification of publications referred to them by the Film Censors Board and the Ministry.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

Anthologies

Children's

References

Library resources about
Goh Sin Tub
By Goh Sin Tub
  1. ^ Ahmad, Nureza (2004-05-13). Goh Sin Tub. National Library Board Singapore. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  2. ^ Gerard, Wong (1998-10-07). "Invasion memories". The New Paper.
  3. ^ Roger, Khong (1993-12-15). "Goh Sin Tub (Reel 1 of 7)". The Civil Service - A Retrospection (transcript). Archived from the original (djvu) on 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  4. ^ a b Chia, Helen (1989-05-10). "Goh: Civil servant, banker, writer and fund-raiser" (PDF). Straits Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-22. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  5. ^ "Singapore Literary Pioneers: Goh Sin Tub". National Library Board. Archived from the original on 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  6. ^ "Cross-section of Singaporeans in Films and Publications panels". Straits Times. 1992-07-02.
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