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  • NovelHikayat IndraputraAnonymous · 1600not translated into EnglishA prince carried off by a golden bird travels through a world of wonders, in a Malay court narrative.Literature
  • ChronicleThe Genealogy of KingsSulalatus SalatinTun Seri Lanang · 1612The chronicle of the sultans of Malacca, written at the court of Johor to tell the origin and greatness of a dynasty.Literature
  • TaleHikayat Pelanduk JenakaAnonymous · 1650not translated into EnglishThe clever mouse deer who becomes king of the forest, in an animal tale of the Malay world.Literature
  • EpicThe Epic of Hang TuahHikayat Hang TuahAnonymous · 1700The saga of the hero who served the sultan of Malacca, combining battles, journeys, love affairs and the art of governing.Literature
  • ChronicleMisa MelayuRaja Chulan ibni Raja Hamid · 1760not translated into EnglishA court chronicle of Perak, in prose and verse, written by a prince who had seen what he recounts.Literature
  • ChronicleMarong Mahawangsa: The Kedah AnnalsHikayat Merong MahawangsaAnonymous · 1800The fabulous origins of the kings of Kedah, between Rome, China and Islam.Literature
  • NovelHikayat Faridah HanomSyed Syeikh al-Hadi · 1926not translated into EnglishA love story set in Egypt, which argues for the education of women and against forced marriage.Literature
  • NovelHikayat Percintaan Kasih KemudaanAhmad Kotot · 1927not translated into EnglishA love story of youth written by a schoolteacher from Pahang, which keeps the form of the tales of former times.Literature
  • NovelIakah Salmah?Ahmad bin Haji Muhammad Rashid Talu · 1928not translated into EnglishA novel from Penang about a modern young woman, at the moment when the Malay press is debating the emancipation of women.Literature
  • PoetryKeluh KesahPungguk · 1934not translated into EnglishFour quatrains of lament, from one hour of the night to the next, which keep the breath of the pantun.Literature
  • NovelHidup yang DerhakaShamsuddin Saleh · 1936not translated into EnglishA prewar Malay novel about men torn between loyalty and truth under colonial rule.Literature
  • NovelPrince of Mount TahanPutera Gunung TahanIshak Haji Muhammad (Pak Sako) · 1937A satire of British administration, written when political speech was still under surveillance.Literature
  • TheatreMegat TerawisTeh Fatimah Abdul Wahab · 1951not translated into EnglishA historical play about a hero of Perak, first staged in Ipoh in the post-war years.Literature
  • PoetryGelombangUsman Awang · 1961not translated into EnglishThe verses of a poet of the generation of 1950, collected four years after the country's independence.Literature
  • NovelSalinaA. Samad Said · 1961The common people of a wretched district of Singapore, in the years after the war.Literature
  • TheatreAtap Genting Atap RumbiaKala Dewata · 1963not translated into EnglishA comedy of manners about town and country, in the aftermath of independence.Literature
  • NovelStorms of YesterdayBadai SemalamKhadijah Hashim · 1968A poor young girl torn between her studies and her duty to her sick mother.Literature
  • TheatreBukan Lalang Ditiup AnginNoordin Hassan · 1970not translated into EnglishPeasants in struggle, in a play that breaks with realism in the aftermath of 1969.Literature
  • NovelInterlockInterlokAbdullah Hussain · 1971A historical novel about the formation of a nation made up of three peoples, Malay, Chinese and Indian.Literature
  • NovelSeroja Masih di KolamAdibah Amin · 1972not translated into EnglishA young Malay woman raised in the English manner faces the culture of her own people, in the Malaysia of the sixties.Literature
  • Short storiesSpilled RiceNasinya TumpahFatimah Busu · 1972The poverty of a peasant family in Kelantan, seen through a little girl put in charge of her younger siblings.Literature
  • NovelSejuk-sejuk TokyoWijaya Mala · 1973not translated into EnglishA Malaysian in Tokyo, between a broken marriage and love for a Japanese woman.Literature
  • NovelSrengengeShahnon Ahmad · 1973A village divided between those who want to clear a hill and those who believe it is inhabited.Literature
  • NovelSagaAbdul Talib Mohd Hassan · 1976not translated into EnglishA trio of young graduates wants to develop a remote Malay village, against envy and mistrust.Literature
  • NovelScorpion OrchidLloyd Fernando · 1976Four students from different communities, in the troubled Singapore of the end of the colonial era.Literature
  • NovelThe Last Days of an ArtistHari-hari Terakhir Seorang SenimanAnwar Ridhwan · 1979A village storyteller sees his art decline in a changing world, from the colony to the Japanese occupation.Literature
  • NovelThe HeadhunterNgayauAmil Jaya · 1979A headhunting expedition, in the Sarawak of the longhouses.Literature
  • NovelRontokArena Wati · 1980not translated into EnglishRefugee children from Sulu left to fend for themselves in the streets of Sabah.Literature
  • PoetrySajak-sajak Sejarah MelayuMuhammad Haji Salleh · 1981not translated into EnglishA poet of today rereads the classic Malay text par excellence to seek in it a morality of power.Literature
  • CinemaBukit KepongJins Shamsuddin · 1981An isolated police post facing a communist attack, in British Malaya in 1950.Cinema
  • NovelThe ReturnK. S. Maniam · 1981The child of Tamil immigrants discovers English schooling and grows apart from his own people, around the time of independence.Literature
  • NovelThe Big Businessman from Kuala LumpurSaudagar Besar dari Kuala LumpurKeris Mas · 1982An ambitious entrepreneur and a village he wants to relocate, at a time when the state is pushing the Malays towards business.Literature
  • CinemaRanjau sepanjang jalanJamil Sulong · 1983A family of rice farmers struggling against nature, brought to the screen from a Malay novel.Cinema
  • PoetryPujangga Tidak BernamaZurinah Hassan · 1994not translated into EnglishA collection by the poetess, ranging between intimate emotions, questions of society and the women of Malay legend.Literature
  • CinemaThe ArsonistKaki BakarU-Wei Haji Saari · 1995A proud, incendiary father and a son who seeks his own path, on a plantation.Cinema
  • NovelElephant Herd群象Chang Kuei-hsing · 1998A young Chinese man from Borneo looks for his uncle among the communist guerrillas of the Borneo jungle.Literature
  • CinemaLeftenan AdnanAziz M. Osman · 2000An officer of the Malay Regiment facing the Japanese invasion, in a patriotic epic.Cinema