Usman Awang

Usman Awang, born Wan Osman Wan Awang on 12 July 1929 in Kampung Tanjung Lembu, near Kuala Sedili, in Johor, was the son of a poor fisherman and did not go beyond the sixth year of school. A proofreader and then a journalist in Singapore, he joined the major Malay daily in 1952, followed it to Kuala Lumpur, and left it after the strike of 1961. He then chaired the writers' association, and in 1963 joined the major public body for the Malay language and letters, where he would remain twenty-two years. He also wrote under the name Tongkat Warrant. He died on 29 November 2001.

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• PoetryGelombangUsman Awang · 1961not translated into EnglishLiterature