Francisco "Franz" Arcellana was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher. He was born on September 6, 1916. Arcellana already had ambitions of becoming a writer early in his childhood. His actual writing, however, started when he became a member of The Torres Torch Organization during his high school years. Arcellana continued writing in various school papers at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Later on he received a Rockefeller Grant and became a fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa and at the Breadloaf Writers' Conference from 1956– 1957.
Constance Lalage "Lally" Katz is an American dramatist writing for theater, film, and television. She now resides in Melbourne, Australia.
Keris Mas, born Kamaluddin Muhamad, was a prominent Malaysian literary figure and was one of the founders of the Asas '50 literary movement. His numerous contributions to Malay language literature led him to become Malaysia's first National Laureate in 1981.
Isagani R. Cruz is a Filipino writer.
Dato' Haji Shahnon bin Ahmad was a Malaysian writer, a National Laureate, and a Member of Parliament. He was awarded with the National Literary Award in 1982. He was also a Professor Emeritus at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang.
Uthaya Sankar SB is a Malaysian writer who writes in the Bahasa Malaysia.
Datuk Abdullah Hussain was a Malaysian novelist and writer. He received the Malaysian National Laureate in 1996 which makes him the 8th recipient of the award.
Dato' Seri Abdul Samad bin Mohamed Said, pen name A. Samad Said is a Malaysian novelist and poet. In May 1976, he was named by Malaysia literature communities and many of the country's linguists as the Pejuang Sastera [Literary Exponent] receiving, within the following decade, the 1979 Southeast Asia Write Award and, in 1986, in appreciation of his continuous writings and contributions to the nation's literary heritage, or Kesusasteraan Melayu, the title Sasterawan Negara or National Leaurate. In 2015, he joined the Democratic Action Party (DAP).
The Writers' Movement '50, better known as Asas '50, is the first and oldest literary association in post-war Malaya and the Malay region. Founded on 6 August 1950, Asas '50 represented the voice of the Malay community and used literature as the ideal thrust towards the independence of Malaya in 1957. The association's philosophy of "Art for Society" formed the main shaping force in the development of Modern Malay literature. The literary body was pioneered by Muhammad Ariff Ahmad (MAS), Kamaluddin Muhammad, Abdul Wahab Muhammad, Abdul Jalil Haji Nor, Munir Ali (Rosmera), Kumasi Haji Dainuri, Abdul Majid Husain (Hamzah), Masuri Salikun, Abu Yamin Kasun, Ahmad Ramli Abdul Karim (Ramlimah), Muhammad Daud, Abu Yazid Abidin and Muhammad Yusof Yaacob (Jim).
The Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery is a cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located at Damansara near Taman Tun Dr Ismail. This cemetery can be seen from the Damansara Link of the Sprint Expressway. It is the final resting place of many prominent Malay personalities.
Dr. Anwar Ridhwan or Mohd Anwar Ridhwan is a Malaysian novelist and writer.
Muhammad Jailani Abu Talib is a poet and writer.
Wan Osman Wan Awang, also known by his pen name Usman Awang was a Malaysian poet, playwright, novelist and Malaysian National Laureate (1983).
Ray Smith, born James Raymond Smith, was a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He was born on 12 December 1941 in Cape Breton and educated at Dalhousie University, Halifax, and at Concordia University, Montreal. He worked as an instructor in English at Dawson College, Montreal, until his retirement in 2007. In the early 1970s he joined with authors Clark Blaise, Raymond Fraser, Hugh Hood, and John Metcalf to form the celebrated Montreal Story Tellers Fiction Performance Group.
Sekolah Tun Fatimah is a premier all-girl boarding school(Sekolah Berasrama Penuh) located in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The students in the school are nicknamed the name STFians. In 2010, the school was awarded with the Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi or High Performance School title, a title awarded to the 20 schools in Malaysia that have met stringent criteria including academic achievement, strength of alumni, international recognition, network and linkages. The school is specialised in hockey, band as well as basketball and dance STF has been known for producing high-resistant yet poised young ladies throughout Malaysia. The school is a member of the Strategic Educational Alliance of Southeast Asia. STF also stands for Smart, Talented and Fantastic.
Nora Nadjarian is an Armenian–Cypriot poet and short story writer. She writes in English and Armenian, as well as Greek. Her writing mostly centres on the island of Cyprus, especially the partition of Cyprus into North and South, though there are numerous works of universal themes. A frequent participant in international competitions, poetry festivals, literary conferences and other projects, her poems and short stories have also appeared in numerous anthologies around the world including Cyprus, United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany, India, New Zealand and Israel. The writer has said that her work is inspired by Sylvia Plath and Yehuda Amichai. Paul Celan, Pablo Neruda and Sharon Olds are a few other idols that she has mentioned.
Datuk Dr Haji Mazlan bin Ismail is currently the Chief Operating Officer for Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). He was a prominent figure who has retired from Vice President, Telekom Malaysia (TM), took part in Malaysian politics and first appointed by the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia to be an advisor to MCMC with specialised duties, before appointed to his current post. He is known best to run in the 13th general election in Malaysia in the P44 constituency area, a parliament in the state of Penang. In the 2013 general election, he lost to PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim with a majority of 11,721 votes. Although defeated, he received an increased of nearly 10,000 votes (64%) to his party from the previous election held in 2008. Now, with his long experience in the telecommunications industry, especially during the tenure as Vice President National Network Operations (VPNNO) of TM, his current main task is to provide advice and guidance to the Malaysians Communications and Multimedia Commission in the planning and implementation of the government's' Digital Nation Development ' with the target in the suburbs, a key objective in achieving Vision 2020.
Malaysia Kalai Ulagam Award or acronym known as MUK Award is the Malaysian online award ceremony to pay tribute and award the key industry player within Malaysian Indian community who have been working hard to keep the local entertainment industry of Malaysia alive. This award were presented by online entertainment show, Malaysia Kalai Ulagam. The current award for 2016 will be held on 25 February.
Zurinah Hassan is a Malaysian national laureate. She is the first female writer to be conferred the title National Laureate which in Malaysia is officially known as Sasterawan Negara.
Ruhaini Matdarin is a Malaysian writer from Sabah.
