Bernice Chauly
| Bernice Chauly | |
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 Portrait by Daniel Adams, 2016 | |
| Born | George Town, Penang |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, educator, actor, photographer and filmmaker |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Ethnicity | Chinese-Punjabi |
| Notable awards |
Honorary Fellow in Writing, The International Writing Program (IWP) University of Iowa, USA 2005 |
| Website | |
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Bernice Chauly[1] (born 1968, Georgetown, Penang) is Malaysian writer,[2][3][4] poet,[5][6] educator, festival director, actor, photographer and filmmaker.[7] Born to Chinese-Punjabi teachers, she read Education and English Literature at the University of Winnipeg, Canada as a government scholar and is recognised one of the most significant voices of her generation.
She is the author of five books, which include poetry and prose; going there and coming back (1997), The Book of Sins (2008), Lost in KL (2008) and the acclaimed memoir Growing Up With Ghosts (2011) which won in the Popular Readers’ Choice Awards 2012 in the Non-Fiction Category and Onkalo (2013),[8][9] her third collection of poems which Nobel laureate J.M Coetzee has said is "direct, honest and powerful". In 1998, she began organising literary events in Kuala Lumpur and in 2005, founded Readings, the longest-running live literary platform in Kuala Lumpur. In 2011, she was Festival Director for the Writers Unlimited Tour Kuala Lumpur/Makassar and is the Festival Director of the George Town Literary Festival in Penang (2011 – present),[10] the only international literature festival in Malaysia. She was also the co-curator of at Read My World International Literature Festival Amsterdam (2015).
She is an Honorary Fellow in Writing at the University of Iowa's International Writing Program 2014 [11][12][13][14] and is the Founder and Director of the KL Writers Workshop. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. For over 20 years, she worked extensively in the creative industries and won multiple awards for her work and her contribution to the arts in Malaysia.[15] Her writing, photography and film work has dealt with human rights issues that include HIV/AIDS, displacement of indigenous communities, documenting folk traditions, refugees, stateless women and children, and sex workers. She continues to work with survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence. She lives and works in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Books
- (2013) Onkalo (Poems). Math Paper Press. ISBN 978-9810776725.
- (2011) Growing Up With Ghosts (Memoir). Matahari Books. ISBN 978-9834484583.
- (2008) Lost in KL (Short Stories). Oxygen. ISBN 9789834403959.
- (2008) The Book of Sins (Poetry). Mulut Mata. ISBN 978-9834381004.
- (1997) Going There and Coming Back (Poetry). Rhino Press. ISBN 978-9839476088.
References
- ↑ ""Bernice Chauly Official Website"".
- ↑ ""The New Gods (a novel excerpt) by Bernice Chauly"".
- ↑ ""Writers Unlimited,Bernice Chauly Profile"".
- ↑ ""Writer in Residence Programme 2012,Bernice Chauly as WIR in Amsterdam"".
- ↑ ""Poetry International Web"". 27 April 2016.
- ↑ ""Sans tire 2 de Bernice Chauly"".
- ↑ ""Writing a Life Back into the World" by Bernice Chauly". 27 April 2016.
- ↑ ""Onkalo by Bernice Chauly reviewed by Jennifer Mackenzie"".
- ↑ ""Onkalo by Bernice Chauly"".
- ↑ ""George Town Literary Festival Official Website"".
- ↑ ""On the Map 2014: Bernice Chauly Malaysia"".
- ↑ ""Library of Congress to Host International Writing Program Showcase Nov. 6"".
- ↑ ""An Evening with the University of Iowa International Writing Program"".
- ↑ ""Prairie Lights Reading:Sabah Sanhouri, Bernice Chauly & Beatrice Smigasiewicz"".
- ↑ ""The Near and the Far: new stories from the Asia-Pacific, Edited by David Carlin and Francesca Rendle-Short"".