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Catherine Lim

Catherine Lim born in 1942 in Kulim, Malaysia. She received her B.A. from the University of Malaya in 1963 and immigrated to Singapore in 1967. Her first short story collection was published in 1978. Her first novel (The Serpent's Tooth) was published in 1982. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the National University of Singapore in 1988. She and attended Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, in 1990 as a Fulbright Scholar. She has also worked as a teacher of Socio-Linguistics and Literature. In 1992, she decided to write full-time. She has published more than 10 collections of short stories, five novels, and two poetry collections.

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Singaporean writer

Born 1942

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  • Cover of: The bondmaid
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    Cover of edition bondmaid00limcrich First published in 1995 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Song of Silver Frond
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    First published in 2003 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The teardrop story woman
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    First published in 1998 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: O Singapore!: stories in celebration

    First published in 1989 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Or else, The Lightning God & other stories

    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Das Amulett aus Jade: Roman
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    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The best of Catherine Lim
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    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Following the wrong god home
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    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The howling silence: tales of the dead and their return

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Humoresque

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Leap of Love: A Novella

    First published in 2003 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Little ironies, stories of Singapore

    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Love's lonely impulses

    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The man who rode a tiger: and other stories
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    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Man Who Rode A Tiger And Other Stories

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  • Cover of: Meet me on the Queen Elizabeth 2!

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Or else, the lightning god & other stories

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The shadow of a shadow of a dream: love stories of Singapore

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  • Cover of: They do return

    First published in 1983 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: "Three Gifts From the Green Dragon" and Other Stories from Chinese Literature (A Target Book)

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Singaporean writer

Born 1942

Subjects

Fiction, Singapore, fiction, Social life and customs, Chinese, Fiction, general, Fiction, romance, general, British, Brothers and sisters, Chinese fiction, Communists, Death, Elections, English Humorous poetry, Enslaved persons, fiction, Ethnicity, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), History, Humorous poetry, English, Identity (Philosophical concept), Junge Frau, Liebesbeziehung, Life, Man-woman relationships, Manners and customs

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Singapore, Malaya, Malaysia, Singapur

Time

1950's, 21st century

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
April 22, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot move website to links
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import