List of Malaysian writers

The following is a list of writers born, living or residing in Malaysia ordered by their last name. This list includes writers of all genres and in any language.

This is a subsidiary list to the List of Malaysians.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Munshi Abdullah (1796–1854)
• Kassim Ahmad
• Shahnon Ahmad, known as a National Laureate.
• Syed Hussein Alatas (1928-2007). Malaysian academician, sociologist, founder of social science organisations, and politician.
• Syed Husin Ali Professor, politician and author of nearly 20 books.
• Adibah Amin. Writer, columnist, teacher, and actress.
• Tash Aw. Winner of the Costa Book Awards Best First Novel.
• Usman Awang

B

• Fatimah Busu

C

• Chang Kuei-hsing
• Bernice Chauly
• Zen Cho
• Chuah Guat Eng (born 1943). Malaysian Peranakan Chinese writer.

E

• Ee Tiang Hong (1933-1990), poet.

F

• Lloyd Fernando

H

• Tunku Halim. Writer and lawyer.
• Noordin Hassan
• Zurinah Hassan
• Ho Sok Fong
• Abdullah Hussain (1920–2014)

J

• Khasnor Johan, historian.

K

• Kee Thuan Chye
• Khoo Kheng-Hor
• Shih-Li Kow. Shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.

L

• Lat

M

• K. S. Maniam
• Rani Manicka
• Ruhaini Matdarin
• Mahathir Mohamad
• Latiff Mohidin
• Amir Muhammad (born 1972)
• Ramlee Awang Murshid

N

• Farish A. Noor (born 1967), political scientist and historian.
• Kevin Nyiau
• Nayli Nasran

O

• Julya Oui

R

• Cecil Rajendra
• Rehman Rashid

S

• A. Samad Said (born 1935)
• Preeta Samarasan
• Al-Sayyid Shaykh bin Ahmad al-Hadi. Considered "father of the Malay novel."
• Huzir Sulaiman

T

• Tan Twan Eng. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
• Faisal Tehrani
• Chiew-Siah Tei

U

• Uthaya Sankar SB

V

• Martin Vengadesan

W

• Wong Phui Nam

Z

• Rahimidin Zahari
• Zainon Ismail C.N. Afghani
• Dina Zaman
• Zunar

See also

• List of Malaysian women writers
• Malaysian literature