Christian Yeo Xuan

Christian Yeo Xuan (he/they) is a writer and actor based in Singapore by way of Paris and Beirut. His work has been published or is forthcoming in Oxford Poetry, Indiana Review, Hajar Press’ Book of Rage, and The Mays, among others. He has placed or been a finalist for the National Poetry Competition, the Poetry London Pamphlet Prize, the Bridport Prize, and the Washington Square Review New Voices Award. He has received support from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, Tin House, and the National Arts Council.

Christian is currently querying agents for a novel, publishers for a poetry manuscript, and theatre companies for a full-length play.

As an actor, Christian was main cast in Cambridge theatre’s second and third ever Southeast Asian scripts, subsequently trained at Wild Rice’s Young & Wild programme, and has acted for film in the festival circuit. Interstitially, he has received film criticism commissions from the Singapore International Film Festival and the Asian Film Archive.

In his other life, he is a civil legal aid litigator representing working-class victims of domestic violence. He previously worked on AI safety at the UN, taught at a refugee camp in the Beqaa Valley, and worked in nonprofits serving houseless and sex worker communities. He holds a BA in Law from Cambridge, where he graduated with Double First Class Honours and topped his year in Labour Law, winning the Orlando Bridgman Prize, Bundy Scholarship, Chooiseng Lim Scholarship, Archie Leslie Travel Scholarship, and the Arthur Sale Poetry Prize.