HENG Siok Tian

HENG Siok Tian (born 1963, Singapore) is a media services specialist with the educational technology division of Singapore's Ministry of Education, and teaches English and literature at a leading junior college. She is the author of the poetry collections My City, My Canvas (1999) and Crossing the Chopsticks and Other Poems (1993). Her work has appeared in major anthologies of the region, including New Voices in Southeast Asia and Cambridge University's The Calling of the Kindred. She is the recipient of awards for poetry and short story competitions at the National University of Singapore, and a scholarship for advanced studies from the Ministry of Education. She holds the MA in English literature from the National University, and a diploma from the Alliance Francaise. Her play "The Lift" was performed in Singapore in 1991 and chosen for a brief reading at the 3rd International Women Playwrights' Conference in Adelaide, Australia. Ms. Heng has also translated plays from Mandarin. With Anuar Othman, she is a recipient of the Iowa Fellowship awarded by the Singapore National Arts Council.