Biography

Samwai earned her MA and Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature from The University of Hong Kong. She is now a fiction writer and editor. Between 2013 and 2017, Samwai was an editor at the City Magazine (《號外》). She now writes regularly for City Magazine (《號外》) and MING'S on art and literature. Her art writing was shortlisted for the International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC).

Her first fiction, White Dirt (《白漬》) was published in 2017 and her second fiction Moon Phase (《月相》) was released in 2020. Samwai's short stories appear on Fleurs des Lettres (《字花》), SAMPLE and Esquire HK. She was a recipient of the literature award from The House of Hong Kong Literature.

MALCS is good for multidisciplinary study in which you can learn about literature, philosophy and film as much as possible.

Samwai Lam: Posted on Facebook and IG on Dec 20, 2021

Experience at MALCS

MALCS is good for multidisciplinary study in which you can learn about literature, philosophy and film as much as possible. The courses in MALCS also provide students with a solid foundation of cultural theory, from Frankfurt school to the contemporary theorists. The wide range of selected readings is relevant to our current situation. I think reading is a valuable experience as reading per se is the most collective and personal activity. It always reminds me that what we experience is common to all humankind.