Keris Mas

Kamaluddin Muhamad, known as Keris Mas, was born on 10 June 1922 in Kampung Ketari, near Bentong, in Pahang. After Malay school, he studied at an Islamic school in Sumatra, then became a journalist and editor in Singapore, notably at the Utusan Melayu. Having joined the national language institute in 1956, he directed literary development there until his retirement. A short-story writer and novelist, he was in 1981 the first writer of his country to be distinguished as a national laureate. He died in Kuala Lumpur on 9 March 1992.

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• NovelThe Big Businessman from Kuala LumpurSaudagar Besar dari Kuala LumpurKeris Mas · 1982Literature