Anwar Ridhwan


Dr. Anwar Ridhwan or Mohd Anwar Ridhwan is a Malaysian novelist and writer.

Biography

Anwar Ridhwan was born into an agricultural based family in Sungai Besar, Selangor. He graduated from University Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973, then Masters of Arts in 1983 and finally finished his doctorate in 1998. Soon he pursue his career in Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka until resignation in 2005 as Production Director of DBP. On 11 August 2009, he was officially announced as the nation's 10th Sasterawan Negara by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in his office in Putrajaya.

Writings

He is novelist and a short story writer. His first novel, Hari-hari Terakhir Seorang Seniman won the Yayasan Sabah-GAPENA Novel Prize of 1979. Arus won the Malaysian Literary Prize of 1984/1985. Among his famous short stories are Perjalanan Terakhir , Dunia adalah Sebuah Apartment , Sesudah Perang and Dari Kiev ke Moskova . Naratif Ogonshoto won the Sastera Perdana Award of Malaysia 2000/2001 which was inspired and finally finished by Dr. Anwar Ridhwan in Japan. The novel with another title, Bili i Nebili Ostrovov Ogonsoto was published in Russian in 2006, Sanct-Petersburg. Among the latest works are Penyeberang Sempadan and Wajah Timur Lidah Barat. Permasalahan Imperialisme Linguistik di Malaysia .

Achievements

  1. Karya Sastera Prize of Malaysia ' - Short Story Perjalanan Terakhir
  2. Karya Sastera Prize of Malaysia ' - Short Story Dunia Adalah Sebuah Apartmen
  3. Karya Sastera Prize of Malaysia ' - Short Story Sesudah Perang
  4. Karya Sastera Prize of Malaysia ' - Short Story Sasaran,
  5. Karya Sastera Prize of Malaysia ' - Short Story Sahabat
  6. Karya Sastera Prize of Malaysia ' - Short Story Menjadi Tua
  7. 1st Prize Novel Writing Competition by Yayasan Sabah dan GAPENA 1 Hari-hari Terakhir Seorang Seniman
  8. Malaysian Literary Prize ' 1984/1985 with the novel Arus
  9. Malaysia Premier's Literary Award ' 2002
  10. 10th National Laureate Award on 20 August 2009 by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

    Impression

... The emergence of Naratif Ogonshoto highlighted the credibility of Dr Anwar Ridhwan in raising issues of humanitarian values and democratic concepts that became very relevan in postmodern life as well as showed his skill in mastering the innovative style of writing. - Victor A. Pogadaev