Amil Jaya

Ismail bin Abbas, known as Amil Jaya, was born on 5 November 1939 in Kampung Pirasan, near Kota Belud, in Sabah. He obtained a degree in 1982 from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, then headed the Sabah branch of the national language institute and chaired the Sabah language association. He received the title of Sabah State Writer in 1990, then in 1992 the Southeast Asia Write Award. He died on 2 September 2009.

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