David T. K. Wong.

David T. K. Wong	Connections Stories of East Asia "Different continents, different lives. David Wong brings both together in this elegant and illuminating collection." Fay Weldon, British novelist "David Wong’s stories transcend the divides of race, culture and locality to illuminate a range of human conditions. Some real gems." Pam Fraser Solomon, Senior Producer, BBC Radio Drama "David Wong’s short stories celebrate the versatility of the form – and the diversity of his characters; destinies. He knows all about contemporary patterns of violence and oppression but still contrives to find room to manoeuvre, room for ironic detachment and stubborn, private daydreams." Lorna Sage, University of East Anglia

David T. K. Wong was born in Hong Kong. Educated in China, Singapore and Australia, he acquired degrees at Stanford University and the Institute of Social Studies at The Hague. He was also a Queen Elizabeth House Fellow at Oxford University. After working as a journalist in Hong Kong, London and Singapore he joined the Administrative Service in Hong Kong. He retired as one of the most senior Chinese officers in the government before embarking on a career in commerce as the managing-director of an international trading firm based in Hong Kong. He is the founder of the annual David T. K. Wong Fellowship in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in Britain. The Fellowship awards Ł25,000 to each successful candidate writing in the English language a work of fiction set in Asia. He is also the founder of an international prize for short stories run by International PEN, a writers’ organization with chapters in some 150 countries. The prize is worth Ł7,500. David Wong is the author of two previous collections. He is currently working on a long novel set in Hong Kong. < >

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