Location: Singapore
Impact statement: Shaking up Singaporean poetry with an uncompromising attitude and a no holds barred approach
Poet Marylyn Tan is breaking down all sorts of barriers in Singapore’s literary scene. The first woman to win the Singapore Literature Prize for English poetry in its 28 year history, she is known for her iconoclastic, witty, outspoken take on subjects including gender politics, and consistently shows a willingness to take on taboo subjects, many of them sexual and religious. A former stand-up comic, she is also the founder of arts collective Dis/Content.
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The first ever EJEN ALI short film is paying tribute to COVID-19 frontliners
When
EJEN ALI THE MOVIE first released in cinemas in November 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic was in the process of being discovered in Wuhan, China.
Fast forward more than 12 months later, the pandemic has gone global and the rallying cry of the Primeworks Studios animated film s theme song, Kita Jaga Kita has become the rallying cry among Malaysians to unite and support each other.
The theme song for the film was created by by Altimet, Cuurley and Malik Abdullah and soon became iconic when the pandemic hit Malaysia in March.