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 Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.…
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…
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.
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…
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 …
Zainal Rashid Ahmad (ZRA) mencipta nama pada tahun 1990-an dengan cerpen-cerpen bernuansa eksperimental yang menjurus kepada menggabungkan sastera Melayu moden dan sastera Melayu lama. Zainal memenang…
Abdullah Bukhari bin Abdul Rahim al-Hafiz berasal dari Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Berkelulusan Diploma Tahfiz al-Quran dan Qiraat, Darul Quran JAKIM, bermula tahun 1993 hingga tahun 1997, Sarjana Muda Usul…
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 …
'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…
