Zurinah Hassan was the first female writer to be awarded the National Literature Award (Anugerah Sastera Negara) in 2015. It is the highest recognition by the government of Malaysia for creative writers, carrying the title of Sasterawan Negara or National Laureate. She is also a recipient of the Southeast Asia Writing Award (SEA Write Award) in 2004. Zurinah was born in Alor Setar, Kedah, in 1949. She received her early education in Kedah before continuing her studies at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, from which she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree majoring in comparative literature. She worked as Information Officer and took optional early retirement to pursue her passion in creative writing, at the same time pursuing higher degrees. She obtained a Master of Arts from Universiti Putra Malaysia and Ph.D. from Universiti Malaya in 2008. Zurinah writes in various genres. To date, she has produced collections of poetry, collections of short stories, a novel, and a memoir. Zurinah has won writing prizes at national level, such as Hadiah Sastera Perdana, the Utusan Group Literary Prize, the National Library Book Prize, and the Islamic Short Story Prize. Zurinah’s work ha
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