Dato' Usman Awang (12 Julai 1929 - 29 November 2001) adalah seorang Sasterawan Negara Malaysia yang dikurniakan gelaran tersebut pada tahun 1983. Terkenal dengan nama penanya Tongkat Warrant, beliau a…
The Prince, book of Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian political theorist, in 1513 describes an indifferent ruler to moral considerations with determination to achieve and to maintain power.
Nizami Ganjavi, also spelled Nezāmi, (Persian: نظامی گنجوی) is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. His h…
Dato' Haji Shahnon bin Ahmad (born 1933 in Sik, Kedah) is a Malaysian writer, a National Laureate, and a former Member of Parliament. He was awarded with the National Literary Award in 1982. He is als…
Abdul Samad bin Muhammad Said atau lebih dikenali sebagai A. Samad Said ialah Sasterawan Negara 1986. Beliau juga pernah dianugerahkan dengan "Anugerah-anugerah Menulis Asia Tenggara" (SEA Write Award…
Dr Mohd Faizal Musa adalah penerima Anugerah Seni Negara 2006 oleh kerajaan Malaysia dan Tokoh Penulis Muda Negeri Melaka 2009 oleh Kerajaan Negeri Melaka. Beliau dikenali sebagai Faisal Tehrani.
Ramlee Awang Murshid (lahir 4 November 1967) ialah seorang novelis dan juga penulis Malaysia untuk Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) sejak 1986. RAMLEE Awang Murshid dilahirkan di Papar, Sabah, pada 4 N…
Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, known as Hamka (born in Maninjau, West Sumatra February 17, 1908 - July 24, 1981) was a prominent Indonesian author, ulema and politician. His father, syekh Abdul Kari…
Under a bright sunny sky, the three-day Byron Bay Writers’ Festival welcomed Andrea Hirata who charmed audiences with his modesty and gracious behavior during two sessions.
Keris Mas atau nama sebenarnya Kamaluddin Muhamad adalah Sasterawan Negara Malaysia 1981. Beliau seorang wartawan, editor, pentadbir sastera, sasterawan, dan pengkritik. Juga dikenali dengan nama sama…
Dr. Anwar Ridhwan was born in an agricultural based family who was then reside in Sungai Besar, Selangor, previously the family lived in the neighboring state of Perak. He graduated from University Ma…
Datuk Dr. Ahmat Adam ialah Profesor Emeritus dalam bidang Ilmu Sejarah yang mula bergiat menulis sejak 1970an. Lulusan dari School of Oriental & African Studies ini telah menghasilkan 19 buah buku ilm…
Ratih Kumala, lahir di Jakarta, tahun 1980. Buku pertamanya, novel berjudul Tabula Rasa (Grasindo 2004, GPU 2014), memenangkan Sayembara Menulis Novel Dewan Kesenian Jakarta 2003. Novel keduanya, Gene…
Leila Salikha Chudori adalah penulis Indonesia yang menghasilkan berbagai karya cerita pendek, novel, dan skenario drama televisi.Leila S. Chudori bercerita tentang kejujuran, keyakinan, dan tekad, pr…
Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied, Ph.D, Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore. Among his recent publications are Rethinking Raffles (2005), Reframing Singapore (co-editor) (2009) and…
Alexandre Dumas (fils) (son) was born in Paris, France, the illegitimate child of Marie-Laure-Catherine Labay (1794-1868), a dressmaker, and novelist Alexandre Dumas. During 1831 his father legally re…
Muhammad Nazri bin Rijal atau nama penanya Ibnu Rijal adalah lulusan dalam bidang Syariah dan Sejarah. Kini beliau melanjutkan pengajian di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa salam bidang Kaunseling Pendid…
Beliau dilahirkan di Kampung Hulu, Melaka. Ibunya berketurunan Melayu, manakala bapanya, Syed Ahmad ibn Hasan ibn Saqaf al-Hady al-Ba’alawi merupakan peranakan Arab dari Hadrami, Yemen. Ketika beliau …
Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石), born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a …
Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian journalist, fiction writer, and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Kanafani died at th…
'National Laureate, Dato' Abdullah bin Hussain, was born on 25 March 1920 at Sungai Limau Dalam, Yan Kedah. In 1926, he received his early education at the Malay School until he passed his standard f…
Hwang Bo-reum studied Computer Science and worked as a software engineer. She wrote several essay collections: I Read Every Day, I Tried Kickboxing for the First Time and This Distance is Perfect. Wel…