One Fierce Hour

One Fierce Hour is Alfian Sa’at’s first and

breakout work. It was hailed as ‘truly a

landmark’ for Singaporean poetry when it

was published in 1998 when the poet was

just 21 years old. Since, then it has been

kept in print and has entered the list of

canonical anthologies of Singapore literature.

The collection contains the anti-anthem

“Singapore You Are Not My Country” written

well before social media gave voice to dissent

and different views of Singapore.

Alfian remains an intelligent writer with an

unabashedly social and political voice. He

has written 37 plays, 3 works of prose and 2

poetry anthologies.