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Daryl Qilin Yam

Bio

Daryl Qilin Yam (b. 1991) is a writer, editor and arts organiser from Singapore. He is the author of the novella Shantih Shantih Shantih (2021), shortlisted for the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize, and the novel Lovelier, Lonelier (2021), which was longlisted for the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award. He co-founded the literary charity Sing Lit Station. His writing has appeared in periodicals and publications such as the Berlin Quarterly, Mekong Review, Sewanee Review, The Straits Times and The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singapore Short Stories anthology series. His first novel, Kappa Quartet (2016), was selected by The Business Times as one of the best novels of the year, and described by QLRS as "[breaking] new ground in Singaporean writing... a shimmering and poignant novel, an immensely sympathetic and humane exploration of our existential condition."

Daryl Qilin Yam Books

Shantih Shantih Shantih book cover

Shantih Shantih Shantih

Daryl Qilin Yam
Be Your Own Bae book cover

Be Your Own Bae

Daryl Qilin Yam
Lovelier, Lonelier book cover

Lovelier, Lonelier

Daryl Qilin Yam
Lovelier, Lonelier book cover

Lovelier, Lonelier

Daryl Qilin Yam
Kappa Quartet book cover

Kappa Quartet

Daryl Qilin Yam
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