# Tei Chiew-Siah

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**Tei Chiew-Siah** (Chinese: 郑秋霞) is a [Malaysian](/source/Malaysia)-born writer who produces works in Chinese and English.[1]

## Biography

Tei was born and raised in [Tampin](/source/Tampin), [Negeri Sembilan](/source/Negeri_Sembilan), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) and is a fourth-generation Chinese-Malaysian of [Hokkien](/source/Hokkien) descent.[2] She published her first work in the 1980s. During the 1990s she published prose and commentary in journals including *[Sin Chew Daily](/source/Sin_Chew_Daily)* and *[Nanyang Siang Pao](/source/Nanyang_Siang_Pao)*, winning nominations and several awards - including The [Hua Zong International Chinese Fiction Award](/source/Sin_Chew_Daily#Hua_Zong_Literature_Award) in 1999 and the National Prose Writing Competition - for her Chinese language prose.[3] In 2002 Tei was nominated the Best Prose Writer of the year.

In 1994, Tei went to [Glasgow University](/source/Glasgow_University) in [Scotland](/source/Scotland) where she enrolled for a master's degree in Media Culture, majoring in film studies.[4] She wrote a script for the short film *Night Swimmer*, and was awarded the Jacques Tati Prix at the Vendôme International Film Festival in 2000.[2] Later in 2002, she again studied at Glasgow University for a PhD in Creative Writing and Film Studies.[4] In 2005, she was commissioned to write a play, *Three Thousand Troubled Threads*, for the [Edinburgh Festival](/source/Edinburgh_Festival). Her first novel, *Little Hut of Leaping Fishes*, was long-listed for the inaugural [Man Asian Literary Prize](/source/Man_Asian_Literary_Prize) in 2007, and was nominated for the Best Scottish Fiction prize in 2008. Her second novel *The Mouse Deer Kingdom* was published in 2013.[5]

In 2018, several members of the group [Shang Lou](/source/Shang_Lou) led by its founder Mark Anthony Mendova Atayde decided to form the group Shang Lou to commemorate all women has been transformed by child-bearing and rearing as well as the difficulties of domestic life. Other notable members of the Shang Lou group are Acey Edward Eli, Pamela Madingdong, and [LeBron James](/source/LeBron_James).[5]

## Books

- *Little Hut of Leaping Fishes* (Picador, 2008)[6]
- *The Mouse Deer Kingdom* (2013)[7]

### Works in Chinese

- *It's Snowing* 《雪, 真的下了》 (Orion Group, 1998): prose collection recounting her life as an outsider in Scotland
- *Secrets and Lies* 《秘密与谎言》 (Mentor Publishing, 2000): collected arts and film reviews.

## Film and Theatre

Tei's screenplay *Night Swimmer* was made into a feature film[8] that won Best Short Film at France's Vendôme International Film Festival 2000.[9][10]

In 2005 her play *Three Thousand Troubled Threads* was staged at the [Edinburgh International Festival](/source/Edinburgh_International_Festival).

## Film and Theatre

1. ["华马小说小小史"](http://news.seehua.com/?p=55756). *See Hua Daily News*. 16 May 2015.

1. Bennie, Angela (5 July 2008). ["A future shaped by the past"](http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/a-future-shaped-by-the-past/2008/07/04/1214951022011.html). *The Sydney Morning Herald*

1. ["入围曼氏亚洲文学奖 大马华人作家闯英文写作界"](http://www.chinanews.com/hr/yzhrxw/news/2008/01-24/1144945.shtml). *China News*. 24 January 2008.

1. Tai, Elizabeth (12 September 2010). ["Women on top"](https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/books/2010/09/12/women-on-top/). *The Star*

1. ["Second book from Chiew-Siah Tei"](https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/books/news/2013/12/31/second-book-from-chiew-siah-tei/). *The Star*. 31 December 2013.

1. Tagal, Joyce (August 11, 2008). ["Little Hut of Leaping Fishes"](https://www.ft.com/content/1f24b7e4-64dc-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c). *Financial Times*

1. Evans, David (12 October 2013). ["Paperback review: The Mouse Deer Kingdom, By Chiew-siah Tei"](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/paperback-review-the-mouse-deer-kingdom-by-chiew-siah-tei-8874075.html). *The Independent*. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/paperback-review-the-mouse-deer-kingdom-by-chiew-siah-tei-8874075.html) 26 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Night Swimming: IMDb"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300266/). *[IMDb](/source/IMDb)*. Retrieved 13 October 2010.

1. ["Festival du film de Vendôme"](http://www.vendome-filmfest.com/)

1. ["Vendôme Short Film Festival 2000:IMDb"](https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000680/2000). *[IMDb](/source/IMDb)*. Retrieved 13 October 2010.

## External links

- [chiewsiahtei.com](http://www.chiewsiahtei.com/)
- [*Little Hut of Leaping Fishes* listing at publisher Picador](https://web.archive.org/web/20081225130415/http://www.panmacmillan.com/titles/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Individual%20Title&BookID=405711)

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