Recently, Datuk Zurinah Hassan has been named as the recipient for the 13th National Laureate Award which will carry the title of Sasterawan Negara (SN). She is the first ever female author who recieve such award since it introduced in 1981.
The announcement was made by Education Minister, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid who also said the selection was based on her outstanding contributions to the development of literature in the country through creative work, thinking and high quality literary activities.
Zurinah had produced a numerous writing especially in poetry collections which some of them had been translated into English such as Facing the Harbour (Menghadap ke Pelabuhan).
Since the announcement, we at Berita Harian (BH) ran a serie of polemics begining with a writer from young generation, Wan Nor Azriq, who wrote 'Hebat sangatkah menjadi sasterawan negara?' (Are national laureate is so great?) and received response by SEA Write Award winner, Rahman Shaari with the title Hanya pengkarya hebat jadi SN (Only great author will be a SN).
But far from over, this polemics still in initial phase.
List of Malaysian National Laureate
1981: Kamaludin Mohamad (Keris Mas)
1982: Shahnon Ahmad
1983: Usman Awang
1985: A Samad Said
1987: Arena Wati
1991: Muhammad Haji Salleh
1993: Noordin Hassan
1996: Abdullah Hussain
2003: S Othman Kelantan
2009: Anwar Ridhwan
2010: Ahmad Kamal Abdullah (Kamala)
2013: Baharuddin Zainal (Baha Zain)
The announcement was made by Education Minister, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid who also said the selection was based on her outstanding contributions to the development of literature in the country through creative work, thinking and high quality literary activities.
Zurinah had produced a numerous writing especially in poetry collections which some of them had been translated into English such as Facing the Harbour (Menghadap ke Pelabuhan).
Since the announcement, we at Berita Harian (BH) ran a serie of polemics begining with a writer from young generation, Wan Nor Azriq, who wrote 'Hebat sangatkah menjadi sasterawan negara?' (Are national laureate is so great?) and received response by SEA Write Award winner, Rahman Shaari with the title Hanya pengkarya hebat jadi SN (Only great author will be a SN).
But far from over, this polemics still in initial phase.
List of Malaysian National Laureate
1981: Kamaludin Mohamad (Keris Mas)
1982: Shahnon Ahmad
1983: Usman Awang
1985: A Samad Said
1987: Arena Wati
1991: Muhammad Haji Salleh
1993: Noordin Hassan
1996: Abdullah Hussain
2003: S Othman Kelantan
2009: Anwar Ridhwan
2010: Ahmad Kamal Abdullah (Kamala)
2013: Baharuddin Zainal (Baha Zain)
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