
About
En Liang Khong is an editor and writer based in London. He is currently Associate Arts Editor at the Financial Times. Previously, he was Deputy Saturday Arts Editor at The Telegraph, Director of Digital at ArtReview, Senior Editor at frieze magazine, and an editor at openDemocracy. He has been awarded the Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism.
His writing has also been published in the New Statesman, Prospect and the Times Literary Supplement, and his essays have been included in several book collections and catalogues, including The Two-Sided Lake (Liverpool University Press, 2016). Recent lectures and panel discussions include events hosted by the British Council, FT Weekend and the Courtauld Institute of Art.
He took a first-class degree in Ancient and Modern History followed by a Master’s in Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford, where he was awarded the C.V. Wedgwood and Gibbs Prizes, and the Oldham Scholarship for study at the British School at Rome. Prior to that, he studied cello at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he was awarded the Hirsch Prize for chamber music performance. He is a former BBC Young Composer of the Year, with compositions premiered at the Proms and broadcast on Radio 3.