Dear Doctor, The Beginnings
by Dr Chow Chiu Leung
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Year Published: March 2021 Pages: 216pp Language: Traditional Chinese Retail Price: SGD18 (Singapore) Dimensions: 190x130mm ISBN: 978-981-14-8895-5 (Paperback) Buyer Request: Final PDF Available Publisher/Imprint: TrendLit Publishing (Singapore) Rights Available: Traditional Script, World except China, Hong Kong and Taiwan; Simplified Script, World. (Rights for Translation: World) Suggested Categorisation: Poetry, Contemporary Literature, Medical Humanities, Chinese Diaspora, Sinophone Studies |
Highlights:
- Winner of National Poetry Competition in 2018, organized by National Poetry Festival Singapore.
- Currently serving in Changi General Hospital (Singapore), as Senior Consultant, Geriatric Medicine and Co-lead, Bioethics, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute.
- Masters Degree from The University of Edinburgh, Master of Laws - LLM, Medical Law and Ethics, and Birkbeck, University of London, M.A. in Applied Medical Humanities.
About Dear Doctor, The Beginnings
Dear Doctor, The Beginnings is Dr Chow Chiu Leung's debut poetry collection, thoughtfully curated from works written between 2015 and 2019. The poems explore his experiences of relocating to Singapore, working in geriatrics, and studying overseas. Through poetic transformations, this collection intricately weaves together a "Sonata of Life", reflecting moments from Hong Kong, Singapore, Scotland, and beyond. A doctor by day and a poet by night, Dr Chow aims to craft poems that resonate with kindness and heart. With a subtle yet profound voice, he seeks to bridge literature and life, connecting his medical practice with his creative expression.
About the Writer
Dr Chow Chiu Leung (b. 1978), born in Hong Kong, he spent his formative years there before graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He later moved to Singapore for work, where he immersed himself in the local culture and began engaging with the city’s literary scene. Inspired by his experiences and interactions with local writers, Chow started experimenting with poetry as a way to document his journey. His works have been featured in literary magazines in both Singapore and Hong Kong. In 2018, he received the Merit Award at Singapore's National Poetry Festival.
出版物簡介
《萬有醫始》是周昭亮醫生的第一本詩集，精心挑選出2015至2019年之作品，並將他移民新加坡、工作（老人科）、遊學等經歷，通過詩意的轉化，細緻地呈現出生命的奏鳴曲，作品內容更跨越了香港、新加坡、蘇格蘭等。他日間行醫，晚上寫詩，希望用仁心仁術，格物觀人，將一把含蓄卻宏亮的聲音，醞釀出宅心仁厚的詩篇，並將文學和生活聯繫得更為緊密。
作者簡介
周昭亮醫生，1978年在香港出生長大，畢業於香港中文大學醫學院。及後移居新加坡工作，融入獅城生活和文化，認識了本地作家後，嘗試以詩記錄種種體會和經驗。作品多見於本地和香港的文學雜誌，2018年獲得新加坡詩歌節優異獎。著有詩集《萬有醫始》（2021）。