Malaysian National Laureate


Malaysian National Laureate are individuals who were awarded the Laureate for their contributions to Malay literature.

List of recipients for the Malaysian National Laureate

  1. 1981 : Kamaludin Muhammad
  2. 1982 : Dato' Shahnon Ahmad
  3. 1983 : Datuk Dr. Usman Awang
  4. 1986 : Datuk A. Samad Said
  5. 1988 : Muhammad Dahlan Abdul Biang Andi
  6. 1991 : Prof. Dr. Muhammad Haji Salleh
  7. 1993 : Datuk Noordin Hasan
  8. 1996 : Datuk Abdullah Hussain
  9. 2001 : Syed Othman bin Syed Omar
  10. 2009 : Dr. Anwar Ridhwan
  11. 2011 : Ahmad Kamal Abdullah
  12. 2013 : Datuk Baharuddin Zainal
  13. 2015 : Datuk Zurinah Hassan
  14. 2019 : Siti Zainon Ismail