ON MALAYSIAN LITERATURE

THIS ORATION, BRUTUS Was Ceasar wrong in his judgment, Marcus Julius Brutus But whatever your words about Caesar be He was a just and loyal friend to me You did see your defeat in the battle of Pharsalus Did Caesar not forgive you then And lifted you to the circle of respected statesman When the politics in Caesar’s bones strengthen And...

Women issue . Several scholars have analysed what they called the feminist voices in my poems. One such paper is written by Dr Suzana Muhammad (Universiti Sains Malaysia),  “The Development of Woman Identity: Feminist Approaches to Selected Poems of Zurinah Hassan.”. A poem often quoted  is  “Pesanan Puteri gunung Ledang Kepada Sultan...

READ IN THE NAME OF GOD   A book is a vehicle to ride to places far and wide a guide for all seasons a freedom from ignorance A library is an open sea once you set your sail the further you want to be with rows  books  where men have recorded  their knowledge experience and stories the more you read the more you...

Poems by Zurinah Hassan Malaysia national laureate ...

Zurinah Hassan is Malaysia literary laureate (SASTERAWAN NEGARA), and the first female writer to be awarded the title. She had also received Southeast Asia Write Award in 2004 and the Sunthorn Phu Poetry Prize in 2013 (an award of recognition for outstanding poets in the ASEAN country).  She reads syair at cultural events and has...

translated by Zurinah Hassan.  translated by Patricia Vazquez Marin Both poems above were originally written in Bahasa Melayu. The first poem is Berdiri di Pengkalan, translated by the poet into Standing On the Jetty. The second poem is Perkahwinan translated into Spanish as Matrimonio by Patricia Vazquez Mar...

ANIS SABIRIN ( A.B.S Nil, Nuraini ) Anis Sabirin dilahirkan pada 1 Mac 1936 di Johor Bharu, Johor Darul Takzim. Merupakan salah seorang penyair/penulis wanita yang cukup menonjol di dalam bidang penulisan kreatif terutama puisi dan cerpen sekitar era 1960-an. Selain itu dikenali juga sebagai seorang yang sangat lantang di dalam forum-forum atau...

BIODATA ZURINAH HASSAN ialah Sasterawan Negara Malaysia yang ke 13 dan sasterawan wanita pertama yang dianugerahi gelaran tersebut.  Selain itu beliau menerima Hadiah Penulisan Asia Tenggara (SEA Write Award ) pada 2004 dan Hadiah Puisi Sunthorn Phu (Hadiah Puisi Negara ASEAN) pada 2013. Selain menulis, Zurinah giat dalam aktiviti membaca syair...

BY ZURINAH HASSAN En regardant le port Comme cela me dérange Chaque fois que je regarde les lumières du port Ce sont les lumières de nos limites Qui nous rappellent que personne ne peut vivre sans nom Ni sans loyauté à un pays. Mais personne ne peut choisir son propre nom Ou le pays où l’on va naître. Menghadap ke Pelabuhan Alangkah...