Kumpulan Cerpen: Tanah, Air, Api, Angin

by Malim Ghozali P.K.

Bermula dengan cerpen "Tuan Do" yang tersiar pada Januari 1984 di majalah dewan sastera sehingga cerpen "Cerita Sang Leong" yang tersiar pada Oktober 2016 di majalah dewan siswa, kumpulan ini "Tanah, Air, Api Dan Angin", merentasi tiga dekad. Ia menghimpunkan sebanyak tujuh puluh buah cerpen. Lima belas buah cerpen ditulis di luar negara. Tidak hairanlah nuansa diaspora nampak jelas dalam cerpen-cerpen tersebut. Yang turut ketara ialah kepekaan pengarang terhadap alam keliling dan persekitarannya - manusia, flora dan fauna, hutan dan rimba, orang kota dan orang asal. Malim mengungkapkan kehidupan manusiawi dan berjaya mengimbau rasa dan resah, suka dan duka, rindu, cinta pertama atau perpisahan dengan cukup berkesan.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Dr. Mohamed Ghazali bin Abdul Rashid or better known by his pen name Malim Ghozali PK (4 March 1949 – 18 June 2020) was a Malaysian writer and laureatte from Perak. He was crowned as the Sasterawan Perak (Writer of Perak) in 2014. He authored a variety of literary works such as Novels and short stories. He also received numerous awards including the Southeast Asian Writers Award (SEA Award) in 2013.

Mohamed Ghazali bin Abdul Rashid was born in Malim Nawar, Perak on 4 March 1949.

He began his studies at Sekolah Melayu Gunung Panjang before continuing his studies at Sekolah Menengah Anderson Ipoh. He then went on to graduate from the University of Malaya and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973. In addition, he also participated in the Creative Writing Fellowship program at the Center for Creative Arts in Virginia, United States.

On Thursday, 18 June 2020, he died of cancer at Serdang Hospital, Selangor at 11.20 am. His death occurred after a surgery to remove the tumor on the heart the day before. His funeral prayer was held in Surau Ad Duha, Kota Damansara after Asr and was buried in Kota Damansara Islamic Cemetery in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. He is survived by two widows and six children.