Anwar Ridhwan

Mohd Anwar Ridhwan, known as Anwar Ridhwan, was born on 5 August 1949 in Parit Satu Timur, near Sungai Besar, in Selangor, into a peasant family. He pursued his higher education at the University of Malaya, up to a doctorate in 1998. After joining the national language institute, he became its director of publications, took part in 1986 in the University of Iowa's international writing programme, taught in Tokyo from 1997 to 2000, then headed the writing faculty of the national academy of arts. In 2009 he was named tenth national laureate.

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• NovelThe Last Days of an ArtistHari-hari Terakhir Seorang SenimanAnwar Ridhwan · 1979Literature