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also known asCatherine Lim Poh Imm, 林宝音, Lín Bǎoyīn
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Catherine Lim is a Malaysian-born Singaporean writer and educator. Her fiction stories and novels focused on Singapore society and traditional Chinese culture explore such themes as the clashes between generations and cultures, family ties, economic, class, and gender issues.
Background
Catherine Lim was born on March 23, 1942, in Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia. She was the eighth from 14 children (four boys and ten girls) in a family of Chew Chin Hoi, a plantation accountant.
Education
Catherine Lim spent her childhood in the town of Kulim, Kedah, which borders with Penang, Malaysia. Like her siblings, Lim was educated in English-stream schools so she enjoyed reading British fiction, in particular, Enid Blyton, Richmal Crompton, and comics.
From 1949 to 1953, Lim attended the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus schools in Kulim and then spent four years at the same institution in Bukit Mertajam. In 1959, she entered Penang Free School and finished it a year later.
Then, Catherine pursued her studies at the University of Malaya where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in 1963. Four years later, she rel
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Catherine Lim
Singaporean fiction author (born 1942)
Catherine Lim (林宝音) | |
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| Born | 21 March 1942 (1942-03-21) (age 82) Penang, British Malaya |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, teacher |
| Notable work | Little Ironies: Short Stories of Singapore and Or Else, The Lightning God and Other Stories. |
| Website | catherinelim.sg |
Catherine Lim Poh Imm (Chinese: 林宝音; pinyin: Lín Bǎoyīn, born 21 March 1942) is a Singaporean fiction author known for writing about Singapore society and of themes of traditional Chinese culture. Hailed as the "doyenne of Singapore writers",[1] Lim has published nine collections of short stories, five novels, two poetry collections, and numerous political commentaries to date.[2] Her social commentary in 1994, titled The PAP and the people - A Great Affective Divide[3][4] and published in The Straits Times, criticised the ruling political party's agendas.
Career
[edit]Lim was born in Kulim (Malaya) and studied in the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. Early childhood reading was mainly influenced by British fiction, including Enid Blyton, Richmal Crompton and some comics.[5]
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Malaya in
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