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Haresh Sharma | |
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| Born | 1965 Singapore |
| Occupation | Resident playwright for The Necessary Stage |
| Notable works | Off Centre, Model Citizens, Those Who Can't, Teach |
| Notable awards | Singapore Literature Prize (Merit, 1993), Young Artist Award (1997), S.E.A. Write Award (2014), Singapore Cultural Medallion (2015) |
Haresh Sharma (born 1965) is a Malaysian born naturalised Singaporean playwright. To date, he has written more than 100 plays that have been staged all over the world, including Singapore, Melbourne, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cairo and London.[1] Sharma has a BA from the National University of Singapore as well as an MA in Playwriting from the University of Birmingham, obtained in 1994 on a Shell-NAC Scholarship.
Sharma has also been awarded fellowships and grants by the British Council and the United States Information Service, and was conferred the Young Artist Award in 1997. His play, Still Building, was awarded a Merit Singapore Literature Prize in 1993 while Off Centre was selected by the Ministry of Education as a Literature text for 'N’ and 'O’ levels,[2] and republished by The Necessary Stage in 2006. In 2014, Sharma was awarded the prestigious S.E.A. Write Award.[3] In 2015, he was awarded the Cultural Medallion.[4]
- ^ Klein, Ronald D. (2001). Interlogue – Studies in Singapore Literature, Volume 4: Interviews. Singapore: Ethos Books. pp. 334–357, 384.
- ^ Hoo, Shawn (15 August 2024). "Three artists, including Haresh Sharma, dropped from teaching courses at NUS". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Playwright Haresh Sharma wins SEA Write Award 2014 (Singapore)". MediaCorp. TODAY. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Tan, Corrie (17 October 2015). "Four awarded Cultural Medallion". Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 November 2015.