Ng Kim Chew (simplified Chinese: 黄锦树; traditional Chinese: 黃錦樹; pinyin: Huáng Jǐnshù; Jyutping: Wong4 Gam2 Syu6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Kím-chhiū; born 1967) is a Chinese-Malaysian author of short fiction and literary scholar who lives in Taiwan.
[2] Despite residing and publishing in Taiwan, Ng's short fiction is largely set in Southeast Asia.
His stories explore language and literary history, interethnic and religious politics, indigenous and diasporic nationalism, exile, migration, and hybridity.
[3] Ng's short fiction is typically highly ironic, satirical, and farcical.
[6] In 2021, Ng was awarded the Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for his collection of short stories, Rain (雨).