Lawrence Wong Lawrence Wong i(A31729 works by) (a.k.a. Yuye Huang; Xinshui zhu )
Also writes as: 心水
Born: Established: 1944 Ba Xuyên,
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Vietnam,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1979
Heritage: Chinese
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Lawrence Wong was born into a family of Chinese origin in Ba Xuyen Province in Vietnam. He graduated from the Cho Lon Fukien Middle School. His family fled war-torn Vietnam and arrived first in Indonesia in 1978 and then Australia the next year.

Wong has acted as editor-in-chief for newspapers and magazines in Australia and he has been deputy director and program host for the Melbourne-based TV station - Channel 31.

Since 1988 he has published Chinese-language books including novels, poetry and essays and he has won literary awards in Australia and overseas. He participated in the 'Straight Emotions' program, Radio Beijing in 1996, and his works have been read at the Chinese Museum in Melbourne and at the Melbourne Arts Festival.

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  • Author writes in these languages:ENGLISH, CHINESE
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