Arthur Yap

Arthur Yap Chioh Hiong (1943-2006) was a Singaporean poet and artist. He held an MA from Leeds and a PhD from the National University of Singapore, where he taught in the Department of English Language and Literature from 1979 until 1998. He published a volume of poetry in 1971 under the title Only Lines (Singapore: Federal Publications), and later published three more volumes of poetry (Commonplace, Down the Line, and Man Snake Apple) under the Heinemann imprint. His poetry also appears in a variety of periodicals.