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The event will be conducted in Mandarin. AI translation in English will be provided.
NUS Libraries is honoured to receive a generous donation of over 1,000 manuscripts written by the late Lin Zhen (1937–2024), a veteran Singaporean writer. This addition to NUS Libraries’ collections deepens our efforts in preserving Singapore’s literary heritage, and will support teaching, learning, and research, in NUS and beyond.
Born Tan Kuk Oon in Singapore, he worked as a librarian and cataloguer at the University of Singapore Library, and later as a newspaper reporter and editor, before entering the business world. His creative work spanned essays, modern poetry, prose, short stories, literary criticism, and translations. He published seven books and edited over ten volumes of literary works.
Read. Collect. Write. marks the donation of Lin Zhen's manuscripts and the launch of a digital archive, making his work more accessible and inspiring future readers and writers.
Join us as we celebrate Lin Zhen’s legacy of reading, collecting, and writing. Highlights will include a manuscript donation ceremony, a themed seminar with invited speakers, an exhibition of the manuscripts, and a chance to connect with literary friends and peers over refreshments.
Programme
1pm
Registration & Fringe Activity
2pm
Welcome Address
Assoc Prof Natalie Pang, University Librarian, NUS
Assoc Prof Natalie Pang, University Librarian, NUS
Speech by Joseph Tan, Lin Zhen’s son
Donation Ceremony of Lin Zhen Manuscripts and Launch of Digital Repository
2.30 pm
Seminar
- Moments Between Ah Gong and Me
Timothy Soh, Lin Zhen's grandson - Always Remembering You, Kuk Oon!
Liu Shun, local writer - A Personal Account: An Oral History Interview with Lin Zhen
Dr Lye Soo Choon, Adjunct Assistant Professor, NUS - The Joys of Reading, Collecting, and Writing: Discovering Lin Zhen
Dr Sim Chuin Peng, Deputy University Librarian, NUS
3.45 pm
Tour of Physical Exhibition and Showcase of Digital Repository
4.00 pm
Refreshments, Networking and Fringe Activity
Speakers
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Khor Yi Heng (Moderator)
Postgraduate, National University of Singapore
Khor Yi Heng graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at National Taiwan University and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Chinese studies at the National University of Singapore. Her research interests include Singaporean and Malaysian literature and culture, Sinophone studies, and modern and contemporary Chinese literature.
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Timothy Soh
Year 4 Undergraduate Student, NUS School of Computing
Timothy is the grandson of Lin Zhen and is currently a student in the School of Computing.
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Liu Shun
Local Writer
Liu Shun (Soon Dit Woon aka Sun Zeyu), born in 1936 in Xiamen, moved to Singapore in 1948 and is now a Singapore citizen. He worked in banking, journalism, and trading, and co-founded an import–export company in 1982. He began publishing in the 1950s under several pen names. After retirement, he continued to publish literary works under the pen name Liu Shun. His published books include How the MD Was Chosen (1987), Songs of Melancholy (1994), and The Cactus Essay Series: Liu Shun (2009).
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Dr Lye Soo Choon
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Studies
Dr Lye holds a PhD from Xiamen University, China. She is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore. She previously served as a Senior Oral History Specialist at the Oral History Centre of the National Archives of Singapore and has over 23 years of professional experience in oral history research and interviewing. Her work covers a wide range of themes, including community histories, education, the Japanese Occupation in Singapore, the Chinese literary scene, Chinese clan associations, media and broadcasting, business, as well as the performing and visual arts. Dr Lye has led more than 300 oral history interviews and has conducted talks and workshops on oral history methodology for local and overseas universities, archival institutions, schools, government agencies and grassroots organisations.
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Dr Sim Chuin Peng
Deputy University Librarian, NUS Libraries
Sim Chuin Peng holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore. He has been working at the National University of Singapore Libraries since 1993 and currently serves as the Deputy University Librarian. He specialises in the study of Ming-Qing history, Chinese publishing history, and Chinese bibliographical research. He has authored works such as Bridge for Success: Production and Circulation of Commercially Printed Examination Aids after the Mid-Ming Period, A Critical Examination of Ye Dehui's Bibliographical Research, Revisiting the Bridge for Success: The Origins and Development of Commercially Printed Examination Aids, and has co-edited the Catalogue of Pre-Republican Chinese Books at the National University of Singapore Libraries (with Gao Bin). He has also published several academic papers in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
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