Ruhaini Matdarin

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Ruhaini Matdarin
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Native name
روح عيني مت دارين
BornRuhaini binti Matdarin
(1981-03-16) March 16, 1981 (age 43)
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
OccupationFreelance auditor, short-story, poetry and novel writer
Language Malay
NationalityMalaysian
Citizenship Malaysia
Alma mater Universiti Sains Malaysia
Years activesince 2005
Notable awardsHadiah Sastera Perdana 2017/2018, Sabah Literature Prize (2006/2007, 2008/2009, 2010/2011, 2012/2013, 2014/2015, 2016/2017); Literary Prize of the Utusan Group (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014); Winner of the best book competition of the Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books, National Union of Writers of Malaysia and “Berita Harian” (2014).

Ruhaini Matdarin (born 16 March 1981, Kota Kinabalu) is a Malaysian writer from Sabah.

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Brief biography

She is of Dusun Muslim descent from the highland town of Ranau located on the foothills of Mount Kinabalu, albeit her given name, although she was born and bred in the state capital city of Kota Kinabalu in which she also currently resides and she is the eldest of three children in the family. In 2003, she graduated from the Faculty of Finance Management of the University of Science, Malaysia in Gelugor, Penang. She used to work as an auditor in a number of companies. Since 2016, she has become a freelancer in order to have free time for writing and run her business simultaneously without any hassle and is also a life member of the Writers' Union of Malaysia. [1]

Creativity

She began writing whilst still being a sixth form student of Sabah College in 2000. She promptly burst into the world of literature. Debuting in 2007 with the novel “The Self-Right Girl”, she published over 30 books during the next ten years, including novels and collections of short stories, as well as literary processed Sabah fairy tales. [2] At the same time, many of her works were awarded prestigious awards, including the Sabah Literary Award which she got many times. [3] It seems that the virtue of her books is in her capability to describe what is happening nowadays in Malaysia with humor, and sometimes with undisguised satire, resorting to the paradox as an artistic mean, changing the usual perception of life. She emerged as an important name in the transition era literature in Malaysia and one of the best novelist in Malaysia. Some of her short stories are translated into Russian by Victor A. Pogadaev. [4]

Awards

Works [5]

Novels

Collections of short stories

In collective anthologies

Tales of Sabah

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    References

    1. Ruhaini Matdarin
    2. Ruhaini Matdarin, Sabah's pride and prolific writer // "Borneo Past" , June 8, 2017
    3. Meet Ruhaini Matdarin, One of Sabah’s Prolific Writers // "Malay Mail", 8.6.2017
    4. Рухайни Матдарин. Для чего нужна прищепка (Ruhaini Matdarin. Misi Penyepit Kain). Перевод Виктора Погадаева - Интернет журнал «Русский переплёт», 20.10.2017 ; Рухайни Матдарин. Скандал вокруг реки и чудо-мыла (Ruhaini Matdarin. Skandal Sungai vs Sabun Beras Ajaib). Перевод Виктора Погадаева - Интернет журнал «Русский переплёт», 10.11.2018
    5. " Books by Ruhaini Matdarin