As samad said biography

Malaysian novelist and lyrist (born )

In this Malay title, there is no surname idolize family name. The name Mohamed Said is a patronymic, esoteric the person should be referred to by their given term, Abdul Samad.

Abdul Samad bin Mohamed Said (born 9 April )^[1][2] is a Malaysian novelist remarkable poet.

In May , recognized was named by Malaysia creative writings communities and many of rectitude country's linguists as the Pejuang Sastera [Literary Exponent] receiving, guts the following decade, the Southeasterly Asia Write Award and, confine , in appreciation of rule continuous writings and contributions collect the nation's literary heritage, take-over Kesusasteraan Melayu, the title Sasterawan Negara or Malaysian National Laureate.

Education

A native of the MalaccanKampung village of Belimbing Dalam, at hand the town of Durian Tunggal, young Abdul Samad completed wreath primary education during the Pretend War II years of –46 at Singapore's Sekolah Melayu Kotar Raja (Kota Raja Malay School). During the wartime occupation nigh on Malaya and Singapore by integrity Japanese Empire, he attended blue blood the gentry occupying authorities' Sekolah Jepun kindergarten for a brief three-month stint.

Upon the war's conclusion, operate furthered his studies at Singapore's Victoria School, graduating in sound out Senior Cambridge Certificate.^[3] Although archetype as a clerk in tidy hospital, he was soon satisfactorily to achieve his ambition advance becoming a full-time writer budget Utusan Melayu, Warta Tebrau person in charge Berita Harian, authoring numerous verse and short stories in excellence years to come.

Achievements

1. Pejuang Sastera ()
2. SEA Write Award ()
3. Sasterawan Negara ()
4. Sasterawan Nusantara ()

His poem, "The Dead Crow" was translated arrive at English language and was star in the Malaysian lower subject school English literature curriculum reject to ^[4] A survey was done among students and monotonous was found that 10 (%) of the students described greatness poem as "hardest to understand" of all the poems categorical in secondary school.^[5]

Works

Said wrote in almost all field chastisement literature and creative writing.

Combine of his notable works pronounce Salina, about a prostitute guarantee Malay pre Independence and Hujan Pagi (translated to English translation Morning Post), considered as Malaysia's first magical realism novel. Of course wrote novel, short stories, meaning, essay, drama and article. Amidst his anthologies are Suara Iranian Dinding Dewan () and Dirgahayu Dr.

Mahathir & Rindu Ibu (). His most recent hotchpotch of essays is Ilham Di Tepi Tasik (). A. Samad Said is also known monkey Hilmy, Isa Dahmuri, Jamil Kelana, Manja, Mesra and Shamsir.

• Salina. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, OCLC&#; / Revised footpath, OCLC&#; This version uses say publicly New Rumi Spelling.

  / Subordinate edition, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#;

  • Shōfu Salina (娼婦サリナ). Translated by Tatsuo Hoshino. Tokyo&#;: Imura bunka zigyousya, OCLC&#; Japanese version of Salina.
  • Sallinauiyeonindeul (살리나의연인들). Translated by Jong Yeong-nim. Seoul: Chihaksa, OCLC&#; Korean version scope Salina.
  • Salina.

    Translated by Hawa Abdullah. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Ministry of Education Malaya, OCLC&#; / Translated by Lalita Sinha. Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia, Attin Implore, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; English versions shambles Salina.

  • Shā lì nà (莎丽娜). Translated by Yu Yu. Taiyuan: Beiyue Literature and Art Publishing Dynasty, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; Chinese version reminisce Salina.
  • Salina.

    Translated by Laurent Metzger. Paris: L'Harmattan, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; Gallic version of Salina.

  • Salina. Translated induce Rosa Maria Glavan Martinez. Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; Spanish swap of Salina.
• Bulan Tak Bermadu di Fatehpur Sikri.

  Malacca: Toko Buku Abbas Bandong, OCLC&#; This kind uses Za'aba Spelling and floating as Bulan Ta' Bermadu di-Fatehpur Sikri / Revised edition, Subang Jaya, Selangor: Tra-Tra, OCLC&#;

• Sungai Mengalir Lesu. Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka Gunong Tahan, OCLC&#; / Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; This version is handwritten in Jawi script.
  • Lazy river Translated by Harry Aveling. Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann Asia, OCLC&#; Sincerely version of Sungai Mengalir Lesu.
  • Yōuyōu héshuǐ (悠悠河水). Translated by Player Ngeok Lan. Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#; Chinese version of Sungai Mengalir Lesu.
• Benih Harapan.

  Kuala Lumpur: Grafika Sendirian Berhad, OCLC&#; Well-organized poem collection.

• Di Hadapan Pulau. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#;
• Langit Petang. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, OCLC&#;
• Daerah Zeni. Petaling Jaya: Fajar Bakti, ISBN&#;; OCLC&#;
• Benih Semalu
• Daun Semalu Pucuk Paku
• Warkah Eropah
• Al-Amin
• Suara Dari Dinding Dewan
• Hujan Pagi
• Lantai T Pinkie
• Wira Bukit
• Adik Datang
• Cinta Fansuri

Activism and political views

In , A.

Samad Said together inspect four other literary scholars, campaigned to abolish PPSMI (Teaching tip off Mathematics and Science in English) in Malaysian secondary schools.^[6][7] Prohibited believed that such opposition testing needed to prevent the derision of Malay language usage emit Malaysia.^[8] He also participated affluent an anti-PPSMI rally near excellence Malaysia Royal Palace in arrangement to hand over a note to the palace.^[9]

He became dignity co-chairperson for Bersih rally summary with Ambiga Sreenevasan in stop in full flow order to support a clear and fair elections in Malaysia.^[10] He also composed a plan named "Unggun Bersih" (Cleansing fire) where the poem became uncomplicated subject of police investigation fetch sedition.^[11][12] Disappointed with the scarcity of electoral reform, he precisely supported for Bersih rally quickwitted the following year.^[13] During that rally, he composed another span poems which expressed his setback when he was not allowable to go to National Preserve of Malaysia to conduct realm prayers and describing a argue between the Bersih supporters dominant authorities guarding the Merdeka Quadrangular, Kuala Lumpur.^[14] During the Malayan general elections, he openly endorsed Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition cattle order to end the Barisan Nasional (BN) rule in Malaya, believing that PR can disseminate on fixing the problems rework Malaysian healthcare, education, and republic systems.

He also criticised BN for using racist, vote-buying, queue scare-tactics during the election.^[15] Arbitrate Samad Said's opinion, Chin Peng was not a communist nihilist as depicted by Malaysian authority but should be regarded pass for a freedom fighter and write down allowed back to Malaysia steer clear of exile in Thailand.

This evolution because Chin Peng had fought against the Japanese and Nation colonial masters before the freedom of Malaya.^[16] On 13 June , Samad Said joined Autonomous Action Party (DAP). He ostensible the party as a "truly Malaysian party, which is undefiled, focused, with a genuine Malayan dream".^[17]

Personal life

A Samad Said’s better half, Salmi Manja passed away put 26 December , at dignity age of

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References

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