Shih-Li Kow
{{short description|Malaysian writer (born 1968)}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{BLP more footnotes|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox writer
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}
| occupation = Writer of short stories, novelist
| notable_works = Ripples (2008)
The Sum of Our Follies (2014)
| awards = Prix du Premier Roman Etranger (2018)
| birth_place = Malaysia
}}
Shih-Li Kow is a Malaysian writer born in 1968. She is best known for short story collections, including Ripples and Other Stories (2008) and her award-winning novel The Sum of Our Follies (2014).
Biography
Kow holds a degree in chemical engineering, and resides in Kuala Lumpur with her son and extended family. Her book Ripples and Other Stories was shortlisted for the 2009 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.
Her debut novel, The Sum of Our Follies (French trans. La Somme de nos Folies by Frederic Grellier), was awarded the 2018 Prix du Premier Roman Etranger.
Awards
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| Year | Work | Award | Category
!Result | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}} |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009
| Ripples and Other Stories || Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award|| — | {{Sho}}|| | ||||
| 2018
|The Sum of Our Follies|| Prix du Premier Roman || Étranger | {{Won}}|| | ||||
| 2023
|"Relative Distance" |Commonwealth Short Story Prize |Asia |{{Sho}} |
Works
Short story collections
- {{cite book |last=Kow |first=Shih-Li |title=News from Home |publisher=Silverfish |year=2007 |isbn=9789833221196 |author-mask=2}}
- {{cite book |last=Kow |first=Shih-Li |title=Ripples and Other Stories |publisher=Silverfish |year=2008 |isbn=9789833221233 |author-mask=2}}
- {{cite book |last=Kow |first=Shih-Li |title=Bone Weight and Other Stories |publisher=Buku Fixi |year=2023 |isbn=9789670042886 |edition=paperback 1st |author-mask=2}}
Novel
- {{cite book |last=Kow |first=Shih-Li |title=The Sum of Our Follies |publisher=Silverfish |year=2014 |isbn=9789833221479 |author-mask=2}}
References
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- Raman Krishnan (19 March 2009).[https://web.archive.org/web/20090322102115/http://www.mmail.com.my/What_do_readers_want-e-.aspx "What do readers want?"]. Malay Mail.
- Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal (28 March 2009). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403063339/http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/SundayPeople/article/Personality/20090328153818/Article/index_html "Time for words"]. Sunday People.
- [http://www.munsterlit.ie/FOC%20Award%20page.html Shortlist for the 2009 Frank O'Connor Short Story Award Announced]
External links
- [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3106372.Shih_Li_Kow Shih-Li Kow] on Goodreads
- {{LibraryThing author|id=KowShihLi}}
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Category:Malaysian short story writers
Category:Malaysian women short story writers
Category:English-language writers from Malaysia
Category:20th-century Malaysian writers
Category:21st-century Malaysian writers
Category:20th-century Malaysian women writers
Category:21st-century Malaysian women writers
Category:20th-century short story writers
Category:21st-century short story writers
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