ZURINAH HASSAN FIRST FEMALE LITERARY LAUREATE.

BIODATA

Zurinah Hassan is National Literary Laureate of Malaysia. She is the 13th writer and the first female writer to be conferred the tittle of Sasterawan Negara  at a ceremony held on 26th of April 2016. The award is the highest award given to a writer in Malaysia.

Prior to this Zurinah Hassan had received Southeast Asian Writers Award (SEA Write Award in 2004 and Sunthorn Phu Poets Award, 2013.

Name                         :           ZURINAH BINTI HASSAN

Tittles:                        :           Sasterawan Negara (National Laureate), Dato’ Dr.

Date of birth:             :           13 June 1949

Place of birth:            :           Bakar Bata, Alor Setar, Kedah

Postal address:         :           No.2, Jalan Pinggir, 8/1L, Seksyen 8,

                                                40000 Shah Alam, Selangor.

E-mel                          :           zurinahhassan@gmail.com

Blog                            :           zurinahhassan.blogspot Interprestasi (in Bahasa Melayu)

                                                zurinahhassan1306 On Malaysian Literature (in English)

EDUCATION

i.              Primary school (Malay school),  Sekolah Melayu Tikam Batu (1956- 1960)

ii.        Entered English School Sekolah Inggeris Sungai Layar, through an examination, Special Malay Class (1961-1963)

iii.           Secondary School, a Convent School at Sungai Petani (1964-1966)

iv.           Sultanah Asma Secondary School, Alor Setar (1967-1970)

v.            Universiti Pulau Pinang (then renamed  Universiti Sains Malaysia) graduated with Bachelor of Arts 1974 (1971-1974)

vi.           After optional retirement from government service, joined Universiti Putra Malaysia for Master of Arts degree. Graduated with Master of Arts . (1998-2001)

vii.         Continue to pursue a Doctorate degree  at Universiti Malaya. (2003-2008).

CAREER

i.          Information Officer at Department of Information, Ministry of Information, Malaysia

ii.         Karyawan Tamu (Guest Writer) at Institut Tamadun dan Alam Melayu, UKM

iii.        Pakar Perunding di Akademi Pengajian Melayu, UM

PUBLICATIONS

.           COLLECTION OF POETRY

1974.  Sesayup Jalan. (The Long Journe) Pulau Pinang: Publication Bureai, USM.

1977.  Di Sini Tiada Perhentian.(No Stopping Here) Kuala Lumpur: Pewarna.

1985   Keberangkatan  (Departure). Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

1988   Kuala Lumpur and Other Places,Penerbitan Al-Huda.

1994   Pujangga Tidak Bernama.  (Unknown Poet),  Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

2004   Pesanan dari Gunung Ledang (A Message from Mount Ledang),  Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

2005   Salasilah (Ancestral line).  Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

2014   Cerita dalam Cerita.  (The inside story)Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan dan Buku Malaysia.

2000.   Nota Waktu (Time Notes,  with  Lim Swee Tin).  Kuala Lumpur: Citra Publishing Sdn. Bhd.

TRANSLATIONS

 The work of  Zurinah Hassan (poetry and short story) have been translated into several languages including English, Tamil, Mandarin, Spanish, Russian, French, Japanese and Thai.  Some notable works are:

2010. Facing the Harbour /Menghadap ke Pelabuhan.  Kuala Lumpur:Malaysian  Institute of Translations and Books. ( translations into English by the poet).  

2012 Menghadap ke Pelabuhan/Frente al Puerto.  Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Institute of Translations and Books, (translation into Spanish by Patricia Vazquez Marin)

2012 Menghadap ke Pelabuhan/ Глядя на гавань, Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Institute of Translations and Books, (translation into Russian by Victor Pogadeav)

2015 Menghadap Ke Pelabuhan/En Regardant Le Port, Paris: L’Harmattan and  Malaysian Institute of Translations and Books. (translation into French by Jean Severy).

2016 short story  “Bendang Lahuma” (Lahuma Padi Field) in an anthologyi Miniatures, Nouvwelles de Malaisie, Paris Magellan &CIE and Malaysian Institute of Translations and Books 

1993, short story  “Nenek” (Grandmother) in Antologi Cerpen Penulis Wanita Malaysia, Xiandai Publication, China, (translation into Mandarin)

2014, cerpen “Kerongsang Berlian Wan Tempawan” (Wan Tempawan Diamond Brooch) in  Antologi Cerpen: Malaysia-Taiwan, Malaysian Institute of Translations and Books  and  Taipei Chinese Centre Pen International (translation into Mandarin .

2016 Poetry  “Puisi Cinta yang Lain”, Anthology  in conjunction with India-Malaysia Writers Meet, 2016 (translated into Tamil)

COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES

1989.    Meneruskan Perjalanan.(Going On)  Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.      

2004.    Menjelang Pemilihan. (Election Soon) Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

2016     Murka Lautan, (The Wrath of the Ocean) Kuala Lumpur, Institute of Translation and Books.

NOVEL

1991.  Hatimu Aishah.  Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

NON CREATIVE AND  LITERARY STUDIES  

1996.  Sasterawan Negara Usman Awang.  (Usman Awang, the Literary Laureate). Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

2003.  Memoir Zurinah Hassan Menjejak Puisi.  (Memoir of Zurinah Hassan Journey in Poetry), Bangi: Penerbit UKM.

2010.  Unsur Alam dalam Puisi Melayu.  (Nature in Malay Poetry), Bangi: Penerbit UKM.

2011.  Puisi Melayu Tradisional-Pantun, Syair, Gurindam, Nazam, Seloka.  ( Traditional Malay Poetry)Pekan Ilmu.

2013.  Catatan Perjalanan Seni Zurinah Hassan.( The Pessage Through Arts)  Kuala Lumpur: Institut Terjemahan dan Buku Malaysia.