Michael Chiang is known as "Singapore's most famous and successful playwright".
11 Facts About Michael Chiang
1.
2.
From 1990 to 2009, Chiang was the editorial director of Mediacorp Publishing, which publishes 8 Days.
3.
The playwright of Army Daze and Beauty World, Michael Chiang had his plays were collected in and published as Private Parts and Other Playthings in 1994 by Landmark Books and Play Things in 2014.
4.
Michael Chiang is the youngest of seven siblings, including an adopted younger sister.
5.
Michael Chiang graduated from the National University of Singapore with majors in English Literature, Chinese Studies and Philosophy.
6.
Michael Chiang's foray into playwriting began in 1984, when he was an entertainment journalist and editor for The Sunday Times.
7.
Michael Chiang was invited to submit a light-hearted play for the Singapore Arts Festival's Bumboat production because he wrote humour columns for the newspaper.
8.
At the height of his publishing career, Michael Chiang was running more than 20 magazine titles.
9.
In July 2013, Michael Chiang returned to the stage with his first production in 14 years, High Class, which was staged at the Drama Centre Theatre, followed by a rerun of Army Daze.
10.
Michael Chiang wrote the screenplay for Our Sister Mambo which was released in July 2015 to celebrate Cathay Organisation's 80th anniversary.
11.
In October 2014, Michael Chiang began his stint as editorial director of The A List, the National Arts Council's fortnightly arts magazine.