A. Samad Said

Abdul Samad bin Mohamed Said, known as A. Samad Said, was born on 9 April 1935 in Kampung Belimbing Dalam, near Durian Tunggal, in the state of Malacca. He was educated in Singapore, at the Malay school of Kota Raja and then at Victoria School, which he left in 1956, and was first a hospital employee before becoming a journalist. A poet, novelist and playwright, he received the South East Asia Write Award in 1979 and became a National Laureate in 1985. Co-chair in 2011 of the movement for free elections, he received the Merdeka Award in 2024.

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• NovelSalinaA. Samad Said · 1961Literature