is one of a few Singaporean writers with an international following. His work has been widely anthologized in Asia, and his many distinctions include the Epoch Poetry Award (Taiwan, 1974); the China Times' Literary Award for non-fiction (1981); the Southeast Asia Writers Award (1984), the Cultural Medallion for literature from the Singapore Government in 1986, and the ASEAN Award in 1993. Dr. Wong is associate professor of Chinese literature at the National University of Singapore. He earned the Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and attended the International Writing Program in 1985. He has published six poetry collections, most recently, Poems of Mountains and Waters. He and his wife, poet Dan Ying, are on sabbatical from NUS, and will serve as visiting scholars at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California at Santa Barbara.