Tan Tarn How

{"thumbnail":"{\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/c42-archive-prod-files-acl.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\\\/public\\\/2023-01\\\/TarnHow_Profile.png?VersionId=2lIWPmEa0PsvzD3dfDXzmy6UwmA41jhc\",\"alt\":\"Tan Tarn How in a short-sleeved shirt, sitting in front of some wooden shelves, hands clasped in front of him and smiling.\",\"backgroundColor\":null}","body":"[{\"type\":\"long-text\",\"content\":\"\\u003Cp\\u003ETan Tarn How is a Singaporean playwright, children\\u0027s book author, and senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore. He formerly worked as a teacher, journalist, scriptwriter, policy researcher, and arts activist.\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\\r\\n\\u003Cp\\u003EFrom 1997 to 1999, Tan was Head Scriptwriter for Drama Production at the Singapore Television Corporation (now MediaCorp). He joined TheatreWorks (now T:\\u0026gt;Works) as its associate artistic director in 2002.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\\r\\n\\u003Cp\\u003ETan is well-known for several award-winning plays, including\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003EThe First Emperor\\u0027s Last Days,\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003Ewhich won the \\u0027Hong Kong Best Ten Productions of The Year Award\\u0027 in 1998; and\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003EMachine\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003Eand\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003EFear of Writing,\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003Eboth of which won for Best Script at the Life! Theatre Awards in 2003 and 2012 respectively.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003EFear of Writing\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003Ehas been published by Epigram as a standalone publication, and\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003EThe First Emperor\\u0027s Last Days\\u003C\\\/em\\u003E and\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003EMachine\\u003C\\\/em\\u003E can be found amongst Tan\\u0027s other scripts in the Epigram publication\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003ESix Plays.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003E\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\\r\\n\\u003Cp\\u003ELast Updated: January 2023\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\"},{\"type\":\"long-text\",\"content\":\"\\u003Cp\\u003E\\u003Cem\\u003EThis profile was written by Centre 42.\\u0026nbsp;If you are the owner of this profile and would like to update this information,\\u0026nbsp;please visit\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Ca href=\\u0022https:\\\/\\\/bit.ly\\\/c42archivebio\\u0022\\u003Ebit.ly\\\/c42archivebio\\u003C\\\/a\\u003E\\u0026nbsp;or contact us at\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Ca href=\\u0022mailto:archive@centre42.sg\\u0022\\u003Earchive@centre42.sg\\u003C\\\/a\\u003E.\\u003C\\\/em\\u003E\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\"},{\"type\":\"long-text\",\"content\":\"\\u003Ch4\\u003EReferences:\\u003C\\\/h4\\u003E\\r\\n\\r\\n\\u003Cp\\u003E\\u0022About.\\u0022\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003ETan Tarn How Too,\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003E\\u003Ca href=\\u0022https:\\\/\\\/tantarnhow.wordpress.com\\\/about\\\/\\u0022\\u003Ehttps:\\\/\\\/tantarnhow.wordpress.com\\\/about\\\/\\u003C\\\/a\\u003E\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\\r\\n\\u003Cp\\u003ELee, Xin Ying. \\u0022TheatreWorks.\\u0022\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003ESingapore Infopedia,\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003E29 May 2013,\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Ca href=\\u0022https:\\\/\\\/eresources.nlb.gov.sg\\\/infopedia\\\/articles\\\/SIP_2013-05-29_145512.html\\u0022\\u003Ehttps:\\\/\\\/eresources.nlb.gov.sg\\\/infopedia\\\/articles\\\/SIP_2013-05-29_145512.html\\u003C\\\/a\\u003E\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\\r\\n\\u003Cp\\u003E\\u0022Tan Tarn How.\\u0022\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003E50 Years of Theatre Memories,\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003E30 March 2015,\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Ca href=\\u0022https:\\\/\\\/theatrememories.wordpress.com\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/30\\\/tan-tarn-how\\\/\\u0022\\u003Ehttps:\\\/\\\/theatrememories.wordpress.com\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/30\\\/tan-tarn-how\\\/\\u003C\\\/a\\u003E\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\\r\\n\\u003Cp\\u003E\\u0022Tan Tarn How and Billy Yong.\\u0022\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003ESingapore Biennale 2022,\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003E\\u003Ca href=\\u0022https:\\\/\\\/www.singaporebiennale.org\\\/artists\\\/tan-tarn-how\\u0022\\u003Ehttps:\\\/\\\/www.singaporebiennale.org\\\/artists\\\/tan-tarn-how\\u003C\\\/a\\u003E\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\\r\\n\\u003Cp\\u003E\\u003Ca href=\\u0022https:\\\/\\\/www.centre42.sg\\\/archive\\\/publications\\\/8588\\\/tan-tarn-how-six-plays\\\/\\u0022\\u003ETan, Tarn How.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003Cem\\u003ESix Plays.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/em\\u003EEpigram, 2011.\\u0026nbsp;\\u003C\\\/a\\u003E\\u003C\\\/p\\u003E\\r\\n\"}]"}