Facts: - language: english - caption: yeo giving a talk in january 2014 - birth name: robert yeo cheng chuan - notableworks: '' -rrb- ; '' are you there , singapore ? '' the -lrb- 1974 -rrb- ; '' one year back home '' adventures -lrb- 1980 -rrb- ; '' changi '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- of holden heng '' -lrb- 1986 - spouse: esther leong - awards: bbm 2011 -rrb- -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , s.e.a. write award -lrb- - birth date: 1940 - ethnicity: chinese - nationality: singaporean - image: robert -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg yeo at select books , singapore - 20140111-01 - occupation: poet , playwright and novelist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert yeo .
robert yeo -lrb- born robert yeo cheng chuan in 1940 -rrb- is a singaporean poet , playwright and novelist .